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Epidemiological	Application of a clinical typology for terminal restlessness Epidemiological study of patterns of hospitalisation in patients who die with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Health service / health economics / quality assurance / audit (if no intervention)	Assessment of post-operative pain management in patients undergoing surgery in a cancer hospital: An audit using the VQC Pain Assessment Tool-kit A very public death - Exploring the needs of a person dying of mesothelioma or asbestos related lung disease Bayside Palliative Carers Support Group Caring communities: Evaluation of a national palliative care program Development of a statewide coordinated specialist and generalised palliative medicine training program Evaluation of the Care Planning sub-program of the Local Palliative Care Grants Program Evaluation of the Rural Palliative Care Program Helping family caregivers of palliative care patients manage their role: Evaluation of a hospital based group education intervention Implementation of a comprehensive evidence based palliative approach in Residential Aged Care (CEBPRAC) Improving end-of-life care at Canossa Improving palliative care services for adolescents and young adults with cancer Improving the psychological wellbeing of family caregivers of home based palliative care patients: A randomised controlled trial Integrated Mental Health and Palliative Care Task (IMhPaCT) IPP-SHR and Redland Hospital Collaboration - Ethical decision making in a health care setting including findings on end of life care Linking the parts: - Articulating the role of consultant palliative care nurses in acute hospitals Older women's experiences of widowhood in the first twelve months following bereavement Opioid Conversion Ratios: Is there an Australian consensus Palliative Care Needs Assessment Program: dissemination of the Palliative Care Needs Assessment Guidelines and Needs Assessment Tool: Progressive disease - cancer (NAT:PD-C) Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration Retrospective and prospective audit of gabapentin and pre-gablin prescribing for neuropathic pain in a major cancer hospital Survey of hospice and palliative care bereavement services in Australia The development of a model of care for haematology and palliative care The long goodbye Toward the identification and minimisation of depression and psychological distress in family caregivers of people receiving palliative care
Qualitative, observational or descriptive	Accompanying them home : the ethics of hospice palliative care An audit of the incidence, mechanism, aetiology and management of nausea and vomiting in patients at a comprehensive cancer centre An international multi-centre validation study of a pain classification system for advanced cancer pain A phenomenological exploration of the lived experience of malignant wounds from the perspective of patients, carers and nursing staff. Application of a clinical typology for terminal restlessness A qualitative exploration of the needs of patients with severe COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) Assessing the impact of 'catastrophizing' on the measurement of pain intensity in cancer patients A very public death - Exploring the needs of a person dying of mesothelioma or asbestos related lung disease Bayside Palliative Carers Support Group Caring communities: Evaluation of a national palliative care program Determining eHealth literacy levels Dying in the place of choice: End of life care in private hospitals Evaluation of a volunteer-based client biography service Evaluation of an information booklet for family carers of people with dementia Evaluation of the Care Planning sub-program of the Local Palliative Care Grants Program Evaluation of GP webpages of the CareSearch website Evaluation of the Rural Palliative Care Program Factors Contributing to Job Satisfaction, Dissatisfaction and Burnout for Oncology and Palliative Care Nurses General practitioners & palliative care study How do GPs provide palliative care in rural and remote Queensland? Implementation of a comprehensive evidence based palliative approach in Residential Aged Care (CEBPRAC) Improving palliative care services for adolescents and young adults with cancer Improving the welfare and end of life experience for residents, families and staff: A case conferencing approach for older people living with advanced dementia or mental illness Information and communications technologies (ICT), eHealth literacy, individual differences in thinking dispositions and retention and academic performance in postgraduate palliative studies Informing the development of a model of care for patients with end stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): What are their care needs and are they being met? IPP-SHR and Redland Hospital Collaboration - ethical decision making in a health care setting including findings on end of life care Life threatening cancer across the lifespan: Examining the relevance of music to patients and their companions Living and dying at home with dementia: who decides? Measuring hope and hopelessness in cancer Needs based access to specialist palliative care services: development and preliminary evaluation of a consumer toolkit Older women's experiences of widowhood in the first twelve months following bereavement Palliative Care Needs Assessment Program: Generalising cancer needs based resources to heart failure Palliative care search strategy validation Palliative nursing in residential aged care Prescribing considerations for home oxygen use 1. Prospective audit of clinical efficacy and adverse effects of ketamine in the management of cancer pain    2. Clinical use, efficacy and adverse effects of ketamine in the management of cancer pain at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre - a retrospective chart audit Prospective study of predictors of the diagnosis of delirium or future development of the delirium: The association between serum anticholinergic levels and diagnosis or future development of delirium in palliative care patients with advanced cancer Relevance of Peter Mac's staff christmas choir to patients, visitors, and staff The development of a model of care for haematology and palliative care The long goodbye The Partners and Caregivers Study: A longitudinal study of the psychosocial outcomes of the partners/caregivers of cancer survivors The relevance of music for adolescents and young adults (15-25 years) diagnosed with cancer The Supportive Care Needs Survey for partners and caregivers of cancer survivors: Development and psychometric evaluation Use of Methylnaltrexone for opioid induced constipation in usual clinical setting Validity, reliability and clinical feasibility of a Needs Assessment Tool for people with progressive cancer What factors influence the use of advance directives by Baby Boomers in South Australia? What are the decision-making processes that underpin the self-management of persistent pain? "What happens after dark?" Improving "after hours" palliative care planning in urban and rural Victoria
Mixed method	Adelaide Hills Palliative Care Project (National Rural Palliative Care Program) A palliative approach for people with declining health, living in hostel accommodation: The state of play A study of the integration of health promotion principles and practice in palliative care organisations A study to assess the grief experienced by registered nurses and care aides who work in community palliative care and to identify suitable strategies for support Bayside Palliative Carers Support Group Caring Communities: Evaluation of a National Palliative Care Program Decision making frameworks in advanced dementia: Links to improved care Evaluation of a volunteer-based client biography service Evaluation of the Care Planning sub-program of the Local Palliative Care Grants Program Evaluation of the Rural Palliative Care Program Exploration of the requirements and feasibility for a Victorian Palliative Care Research Collaborative “Finding Hope and Meaning at a time of Uncertainty” Group education program for family caregivers of home based palliative care patients Improving medication management of palliative care patients: Enhancing the role of community pharmacists Improving palliative care services for adolescents and young adults with cancer Improving the welfare and end of life experience for residents, families and staff: A case conferencing approach for older people living with advanced dementia or mental illness Integrated Mental Health and Palliative Care Task (IMhPaCT) Liverpool Care Pathway project Managing diabetes at the end of life Objective assessment of the trajectory of the course of illness for end of life non-cancer related diseases - biological, social and environmental determinants Older women's experiences of widowhood in the first twelve months following bereavement Palliative care dementia interface: Enhancing community capacity Palliative care education: Does it influence future practice? Residential - Palliative Approach Competency Study (R-PAC Study) The effect of self-selected music on adults' anxiety and subjective experience during their first radiotherapy treatment The development and implementation of an evidence-based palliative care teaching program for hospital junior medical staff The evaluation of models of community after hours palliative care The long goodbye Toward optimal facilitation of family meetings in palliative care "What happens after dark?" Improving "after hours" palliative care planning in urban and rural Victoria What is the effect of Transitioning Hospice patients in the end stages of their life to Residential Aged Care Facilities?
Systematic review	Comparison of palliative care outcome measures used to assess the quality of palliative care provided in residential aged care facilities: A systematic review Evaluation of a volunteer-based client biography service Improving palliative care services for adolescents and young adults with cancer Integration, coordination and multidisciplinary care - Findings from the literature "What happens after dark?" Improving "after hours" palliative care planning in urban and rural Victoria
Intervention - randomised control trial	A double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled titrated dose pilot study of sertraline in people with refractory breathlessness A double-blind, dose-ranging study to determine the optimal dose of oral morphine or oxycodone needed to treat breakthrough pain for people on regular opioid in the palliative care setting A multi-centre randomised double-blind controlled trial of oxygen versus air for the relief of breathlessness in terminally-ill patients with intractable dyspnoea and Pa02>55mmHg A prospective, randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind, cross-over study of the efficacy of sustained-release low dose morphine in the subjective sensation of dyspnoea due to maximally treated primary pulmonary hypertension in opioid naive participants A randomised, double-blind placebo controlled study of subcutaneous ketamine in the management of cancer pain A randomised double blind placebo controlled trail of infusional subcutaneous octreotide in the management of malignant bowel obstruction in people with advanced cancer A randomised, open-label, single centre, cross-over study to assess the safety and efficacy of methoxyflurane (PenthroxTM) for the treatment of incident pain in patients undergoing radiotherapy Cancer pain education for patients Can the needs of caregivers of patients with advanced cancer be met using a GP Caregiver Needs Toolkit? Evaluating novel methods for delivering non-pharmacological interventions for dyspnoea in patients with lung cancer Improving paediatric palliative care for rural and remote families: A randomised controlled pilot study of videotelephony Oxygen to relieve dyspnoea in non-hypoxaemic patients with end-stage heart failure (Oxygen-HF) Randomised control trial of oral risperidone, oral haloperidol, and oral placebo with rescue subcutaneous midazolam in the management of delirium in palliative care inpatients Randomised, double blind control trial of megestrol acetate, dexamethasone and placebo in the management of anorexia in people with cancer REACH out in Dementia The use of levomepromazine in palliation (TULIP) Trial of supportive care strategies for cancer patients in NSW
Intervention - comparative or cohort study	A comprehensive discharge planning strategy to enhance hospital-to-home transition for patients with life limiting illness: Optimizing communication across primary-secondary settings Evaluation of a palliative care needs assessment intervention Evaluation of the palliative care needs assessment intervention Opioids in dyspnoea - An open label, prospective, dose ranging effectiveness study of sustained-release opioids in the subjective sensation of dyspnoea in opioid naive patients in the palliative care setting
Intervention - case series	No studies listed at present

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Last updated 01 September 2011