Palliative and End of Life Care Research Group, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
School of Human and Health Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, UK.
BMJ Open. 2022 Apr 29;12(4):e060886. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-060886.
A combination of punitive sentencing practices within ageing populations, compounded by the health challenges faced by people in prison, means that dedicated palliative care provision within prisons is a pressing requirement. However, evidence about exactly how quality palliative and end-of-life care is delivered in this environment remains sparse.This review aims to develop a typology of models of palliative and end-of-life care delivery within prisons in high-income countries to inform service development and policy.
We will conduct a scoping review of published studies and grey literature, following the Arksey and O'Malley framework. We will report data on models of palliative and end-of-life care delivery in prisons in high-income countries. Searches will be undertaken in Medline, EMBASE, CINAHL, Social Sciences Citation Index and PsyINFO for all study types, published from 1 January 2000 to December 2021, and reference lists from key reviews and studies will be screened for additional references. We will also screen grey literature from within other high-income countries using a targeted search strategy. For published reports of original research, study quality and risk of bias will be assessed independently by two reviewers using the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool. A narrative synthesis of the data will be undertaken, integrating the results of the quality assessment.
Approval by research ethics committee is not required since the review only includes published and publicly accessible data. We will publish our findings in a peer-reviewed journal as per Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses 2020 guidance.
The final protocol was registered with the Research Registry on 26 November 2021 (www.researchregistry.com).Unique ID number: reviewregistry1260.
在人口老龄化的情况下，惩罚性判决做法的结合，加上囚犯面临的健康挑战，意味着监狱内需要专门提供姑息治疗。然而，关于在这种环境下如何提供高质量的姑息治疗和临终关怀的证据仍然很少。本综述旨在制定一个高收入国家监狱内姑息治疗和临终关怀提供模式的分类法，以为服务发展和政策提供信息。
我们将根据阿斯基和奥马利的框架，对已发表的研究和灰色文献进行范围综述。我们将报告高收入国家监狱内姑息治疗和临终关怀提供模式的数据。将在 Medline、EMBASE、CINAHL、社会科学引文索引和 PsyINFO 中对所有类型的研究进行检索，检索时间为 2000 年 1 月 1 日至 2021 年 12 月，并对关键综述和研究的参考文献进行筛选，以获取其他参考文献。我们还将使用有针对性的搜索策略，从其他高收入国家筛选灰色文献。对于原始研究的已发表报告，将由两名评审员使用混合方法评估工具独立评估研究质量和偏倚风险。将对数据进行叙述性综合，整合质量评估的结果。
由于综述仅包括已发表和公开可获得的数据，因此不需要获得研究伦理委员会的批准。我们将根据 2020 年系统评价和荟萃分析的首选报告项目，在同行评审期刊上发表我们的研究结果。
最终方案于 2021 年 11 月 26 日在研究注册处（www.researchregistry.com）注册。独特 ID 号：reviewregistry1260。
