End-of-Life Care During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: The 3 Wishes Program

OBJECTIVES:. Patient- and family-centered end-of-life care can be difficult to achieve in light of visitation restrictions and infection-prevention measures. We evaluated how the 3 Wishes Program evolved to allow continued provision of compassionate end-of-life care for critically ill patients durin...

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Autores principales: Thanh H. Neville, MD, MSHS, Danielle K. Bear, BS, Yuhan Kao, RN, Xueqing Sherry Xu, RN, Kristen Hjelmhaug, RN, Desiree Quebral, RN, Natalie Sanaee, RN, Jessica Hainje, RN, Genevieve Arriola, RN, Maria Carmela Granone, MD, CCRP, Elizabeth White, BS, Apurva Chaturvedi, Shuyi Yu, France Clarke, RRT, Deborah J. Cook, MD, MSc
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:ef41172b86ea43289f5382abf0643df02021-11-25T07:56:43ZEnd-of-Life Care During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: The 3 Wishes Program2639-802810.1097/CCE.0000000000000549https://doaj.org/article/ef41172b86ea43289f5382abf0643df02021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttp://journals.lww.com/10.1097/CCE.0000000000000549https://doaj.org/toc/2639-8028OBJECTIVES:. Patient- and family-centered end-of-life care can be difficult to achieve in light of visitation restrictions and infection-prevention measures. We evaluated how the 3 Wishes Program evolved to allow continued provision of compassionate end-of-life care for critically ill patients during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. DESIGN:. This is a prospective observational study where data were collected 1 year prior to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic and 1 year after (from March 1, 2019, to March 31, 2021). The number of deceased patients whose care involved the 3 Wishes Program, their characteristics, and wishes were compared between prepandemic and pandemic periods. SETTING:. Six adult ICUs of a two-hospital health system in Los Angeles. PATIENTS:. Deceased patients whose care involved the 3 Wishes Program. INTERVENTIONS:. The 3 Wishes Program is a palliative care intervention in which individualized wishes are implemented for dying patients and their families. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS:. During the study period, the end-of-life care for 523 patients involved the 3 Wishes Program; more patients received the 3 Wishes Program as part of their end-of-life care during the pandemic period than during the prepandemic study period (24.8 vs 17.6 patients/mo; p = 0.044). Patients who died during the pandemic compared with prepandemic were less likely to have family at the bedside and more likely to have postmortem wishes fulfilled for their families. Compared with the 736 wishes implemented during the prepandemic period, the 969 wishes completed during the pandemic were more likely to involve keepsakes. Wishes were most commonly implemented by bedside nurses, although the 3 Wishes Program project manager (not involved in the patient’s clinical care) was more likely to assist remotely during the pandemic (24.8% vs 12.1%; p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS:. Bedside innovations, programmatic adaptations, and institutional support made it possible for healthcare workers to continue the 3 Wishes Program and provide compassionate end-of-life care in the ICU during this pandemic.Thanh H. Neville, MD, MSHSDanielle K. Bear, BSYuhan Kao, RNXueqing Sherry Xu, RNKristen Hjelmhaug, RNDesiree Quebral, RNNatalie Sanaee, RNJessica Hainje, RNGenevieve Arriola, RNMaria Carmela Granone, MD, CCRPElizabeth White, BSApurva ChaturvediShuyi YuFrance Clarke, RRTDeborah J. Cook, MD, MScWolters KluwerarticleMedical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aidRC86-88.9ENCritical Care Explorations, Vol 3, Iss 10, p e549 (2021)
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topic Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid
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spellingShingle Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid
RC86-88.9
Thanh H. Neville, MD, MSHS
Danielle K. Bear, BS
Yuhan Kao, RN
Xueqing Sherry Xu, RN
Kristen Hjelmhaug, RN
Desiree Quebral, RN
Natalie Sanaee, RN
Jessica Hainje, RN
Genevieve Arriola, RN
Maria Carmela Granone, MD, CCRP
Elizabeth White, BS
Apurva Chaturvedi
Shuyi Yu
France Clarke, RRT
Deborah J. Cook, MD, MSc
End-of-Life Care During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: The 3 Wishes Program
description OBJECTIVES:. Patient- and family-centered end-of-life care can be difficult to achieve in light of visitation restrictions and infection-prevention measures. We evaluated how the 3 Wishes Program evolved to allow continued provision of compassionate end-of-life care for critically ill patients during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. DESIGN:. This is a prospective observational study where data were collected 1 year prior to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic and 1 year after (from March 1, 2019, to March 31, 2021). The number of deceased patients whose care involved the 3 Wishes Program, their characteristics, and wishes were compared between prepandemic and pandemic periods. SETTING:. Six adult ICUs of a two-hospital health system in Los Angeles. PATIENTS:. Deceased patients whose care involved the 3 Wishes Program. INTERVENTIONS:. The 3 Wishes Program is a palliative care intervention in which individualized wishes are implemented for dying patients and their families. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS:. During the study period, the end-of-life care for 523 patients involved the 3 Wishes Program; more patients received the 3 Wishes Program as part of their end-of-life care during the pandemic period than during the prepandemic study period (24.8 vs 17.6 patients/mo; p = 0.044). Patients who died during the pandemic compared with prepandemic were less likely to have family at the bedside and more likely to have postmortem wishes fulfilled for their families. Compared with the 736 wishes implemented during the prepandemic period, the 969 wishes completed during the pandemic were more likely to involve keepsakes. Wishes were most commonly implemented by bedside nurses, although the 3 Wishes Program project manager (not involved in the patient’s clinical care) was more likely to assist remotely during the pandemic (24.8% vs 12.1%; p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS:. Bedside innovations, programmatic adaptations, and institutional support made it possible for healthcare workers to continue the 3 Wishes Program and provide compassionate end-of-life care in the ICU during this pandemic.
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author Thanh H. Neville, MD, MSHS
Danielle K. Bear, BS
Yuhan Kao, RN
Xueqing Sherry Xu, RN
Kristen Hjelmhaug, RN
Desiree Quebral, RN
Natalie Sanaee, RN
Jessica Hainje, RN
Genevieve Arriola, RN
Maria Carmela Granone, MD, CCRP
Elizabeth White, BS
Apurva Chaturvedi
Shuyi Yu
France Clarke, RRT
Deborah J. Cook, MD, MSc
author_facet Thanh H. Neville, MD, MSHS
Danielle K. Bear, BS
Yuhan Kao, RN
Xueqing Sherry Xu, RN
Kristen Hjelmhaug, RN
Desiree Quebral, RN
Natalie Sanaee, RN
Jessica Hainje, RN
Genevieve Arriola, RN
Maria Carmela Granone, MD, CCRP
Elizabeth White, BS
Apurva Chaturvedi
Shuyi Yu
France Clarke, RRT
Deborah J. Cook, MD, MSc
author_sort Thanh H. Neville, MD, MSHS
title End-of-Life Care During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: The 3 Wishes Program
title_short End-of-Life Care During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: The 3 Wishes Program
title_full End-of-Life Care During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: The 3 Wishes Program
title_fullStr End-of-Life Care During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: The 3 Wishes Program
title_full_unstemmed End-of-Life Care During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: The 3 Wishes Program
title_sort end-of-life care during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: the 3 wishes program
publisher Wolters Kluwer
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/ef41172b86ea43289f5382abf0643df0
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