Needs among persons with advanced COPD and their informal caregivers: a multi-perspective qualitative study focusing on the potential role of palliative care
Kira Schmidt-Stiedenroth, Julia Salandi, Alexandra Schmidt, Balam Er Dedekarginoglu, Stefanie Paniczek, Manuela Schallenburger, Anette Scholz, Jacqueline Schwartz, Kathrin Fricke, Stefanie Keymel, Achim Mortsiefer, Martin Neukirchen, Adrian Loerbroks · 2026
Read Needs among persons with advanced COPD and their informal caregivers: a multi-perspective qualitative study focusing on the potential role of palliative care by Kira Schmidt-Stiedenroth, Julia Salandi, Alexandra Schmidt, Balam Er Dedekarginoglu, Stefanie Paniczek, Manuela Schallenburger, Anette Scholz, Jacqueline Schwartz, Kathrin Fricke, Stefanie Keymel, Achim Mortsiefer, Martin Neukirchen, Adrian Loerbroks (2026) in the Tower of Babel, a free online library of public-domain works preserved in clean, searchable text. No sign-up. The full text is served as a plain-text file at a predictable URL, where text is present: https://antarctic-labs.com/tower-of-babel/pmc-13681904.txt.
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Kira Schmidt-Stiedenroth and a large team of co-authors report, in a 2026 study from Germany, on the needs of people with advanced lung disease and those who care for them at home. The disease, COPD, slowly harms lung function, brings a heavy symptom load, and is a leading cause of death. Palliative care may help, yet few such patients get it.
The team held fifty-three interviews with patients, home carers, and doctors, and studied the texts closely. Needs fell in six areas, from breath and anxiety control to home care, emergency plans, and timely facts. People who had received palliative care said it met many of these needs, which supports bringing it in earlier.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Kira Schmidt-Stiedenroth, Julia Salandi, Alexandra Schmidt, Balam Er Dedekarginoglu, Stefanie Paniczek, Manuela Schallenburger, Anette Scholz, Jacqueline Schwartz, Kathrin Fricke, Stefanie Keymel, Achim Mortsiefer, Martin Neukirchen, Adrian Loerbroks |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 86 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |