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| Title |
Symptom burden, palliative care need and predictors of physical and psychological discomfort in two UK hospitals
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| Published in |
BMC Palliative Care, February 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1472-684x-12-11 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Tony Ryan, Christine Ingleton, Clare Gardiner, Chris Parker, Merryn Gott, Bill Noble |
| Abstract |
The requirement to meet the palliative needs of acute hospital populations has grown in recent years. With increasing numbers of frail older people needing hospital care as a result of both malignant and non-malignant conditions, emphasis is being placed upon understanding the physical, psychological and social burdens experienced by patients. This study explores the extent of burden in two large UK hospitals, focusing upon those patients who meet palliative care criteria. Furthermore, the paper explores the use of palliative services and identifies the most significant clinical diagnostic and demographic factors which determine physical and psychological burden. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 8 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 2 | 25% |
| United States | 2 | 25% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 13% |
| Canada | 1 | 13% |
| Kenya | 1 | 13% |
| Unknown | 1 | 13% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 50% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 25% |
| Scientists | 2 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 103 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Nigeria | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 101 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 15 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 11 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 10 | 10% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 8 | 8% |
| Other | 7 | 7% |
| Other | 28 | 27% |
| Unknown | 24 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 32 | 31% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 19 | 18% |
| Psychology | 11 | 11% |
| Social Sciences | 7 | 7% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 3 | 3% |
| Other | 4 | 4% |
| Unknown | 27 | 26% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 12. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 19 April 2013.
All research outputs
#2,589,836
of 22,699,621 outputs
Outputs from BMC Palliative Care
#289
of 1,242 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#21,939
of 192,958 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Palliative Care
#4
of 12 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 22,699,621 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done well and is in the 88th percentile: it's in the top 25% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 1,242 research outputs from this source. They typically receive more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 9.4. This one has done well, scoring higher than 76% of its peers.
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We're also able to compare this research output to 12 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 66% of its contemporaries.