Comparison between attention and experiences of chronic complex patients: A multicentric study

Abstract

Spain will have the most aged population in the world by 2040, currently ranked third which means that an acceleration of the population ageing process is taking place (Christensen et al., 2009). These individuals are especially vulnerable and fragile, requiring highly complex care as well as extensive sociosanitary resources (Grover & Joshi, 2015;Mokraoui et al., 2016). Moreover, over recent years, there has been an increased prevalence of older patients with chronic illnesses, complex needs, associated polypharmacy and who are at a high risk of functional and cognitive decline. Consequently, the number of hospital admissions and re-admissions has steadily been on the rise (Kinney

Implementing a Care Pathway for Complex Chronic Patients from a Nursing Perspective: A Qualitative Study

“…This study was part of a larger project primarily aimed at studying the impact of nursing care in the complex chronic patient on dependency, perceived satisfaction, and caregiver burden in Cantabria and the Balearic Islands. The design of this mixed methods study included participants who were patients in the Complex Chronic Patient Care Pathway, together with their caregivers [ 32 , 33 ]. During the fieldwork phase and after the collection of the initial quantitative and qualitative data, the research team was involved in two work sessions, in which they raised and discussed the need to include the nursing professionals involved in the complex chronic patient pathway as participants in the project.…”