Table 6 Attitudes towards palliative care
Please evaluate the following statements: | Agreement |
|---|---|
Cardiology, general medicine, and internal medicine could learn from the expertise of palliative care medicine. | 159 (90.9 %) |
A more intensive care is possible via palliative care. | 154 (88.0 %) |
The quality of remaining life can be optimized under palliative care. | 154 (88.0 %) |
The demand for palliative care in treating patients with heart failure is rising. | 145 (82.9 %) |
The demand for palliative care in treating patients with heart failure exists. | 138 (78.9 %) |
De-escalation of therapy often makes more sense than continuing the present therapy. | 106 (60.6 %) |
Patient with chronic heart failure do not have the feeling of being in a palliative situation. | 100 (57.1 %) |
The quality of life in patients with advanced heart failure will further diminish with the implementation of invasive therapies like heart assist devices. | 84 (48.0 %) |
It is not easy to determine the right time to initiate palliative care due to the difficulty in estimating the disease’s progression. | 83 (47.4) |
Patients do not request palliative care. | 76 (43.3 %) |
Patients might refuse further escalation of therapy when palliative care is offered. | 25 (14.3 %) |
Palliative care can be completely taken over by the attending general practitioner/cardiologist/internist. | 22 (12.6 %) |
Complex heart failure-specific therapies can be performed even in very old patients. Therefore, palliative care is not necessary. | 11 (6.3 %) |
Great progress has been made in heart failure therapy. Therefore, palliative care is not necessary. | 5 (2.9 %) |