The effect of an integrated palliative care intervention on quality of life and acute healthcare use in patients with COPD: Results of the COMPASSION cluster randomized controlled trial.
Johanna M C BroeseRianne Mjj van der KleijEls Ml VerschuurHuib Am KerstjensEwald M BronkhorstYvonne EngelsNiels H ChavannesPublished in: Palliative medicine (2023)
We found no evidence that palliative care improves quality of life in patients with COPD. However, it can potentially reduce acute healthcare use. The consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic led to suboptimal implementation and insufficient power, and may have affected some of our findings.