RADPAC-PD: A tool to support healthcare professionals in timely identifying palliative care needs of people with Parkinson's disease.
Herma Lennaerts-KatsJenny T van der SteenZefanja VijftigschildMaxime SteppeMarjan J MeindersMarten MunnekeBastiaan R BloemKris C P VissersMarieke M GrootPublished in: PloS one (2020)
The RADPAC-PD may support healthcare professionals in timely initiating palliative care for persons with PD. Identification of one or more indicators can mark the need for ACP or the palliative phase. We expect that applying the RADPAC-PD, for example on an annual basis throughout the PD trajectory, can facilitate identification of the palliative phase in PD patients in daily practice. However, further prospective research is needed on the implementation of the RADPAC-PD.