Priority 10 from the Advanced Heart Failure PSP
| UNCERTAINTY: What support would be most effective for carers of people with advanced heart failure for example support groups? (JLA PSP Priority 10) | |
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| Overall ranking | 10 |
| JLA question ID | 0098/10 |
| Explanatory note |
No significant evidence for people with advanced heart failure and their carers |
| Evidence |
No systematic reviews on this topic in past five years |
| Health Research Classification System category | Cardiovascular |
| Extra information provided by this PSP | |
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| Original uncertainty examples | How do carers of people with heart failure feel during a hospital admission? ~ ~ It's not so much the direct emotional impact, as the impact on spouse/partner/carer and if that is adverse how it can pull the patient down with it. ~ What support is available for Carers who work full time? ~ What do carers find most difficult about heart failure? ~ There seems to be no help on line for information for partners etc ~ What proportion of carers have been offered cater support ~ How are the carers needs different when looking after someone with heart failure |
| Submitted by | 5 x patients, 6 x health professionals, 6 x carers |
| PSP information | |
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| PSP unique ID | 0098 |
| PSP name | Advanced Heart Failure |
| Total number of uncertainties identified by this PSP. | 65 (To see a full list of all uncertainties identified, please see the detailed spreadsheet held on the JLA website) |
| Date of priority setting workshop | 13 February 2019 |