Table 1.
End-of-Life Care during disease outbreaks or humanitarian disasters Systematic Review study characteristics (k = 19).
| Author (date) | Disease outbreak/humanitarian disaster | Country of outbreak/disaster | Study Design | Staff population | Setting |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andertun et al. (2018) | Ebola (2014–2015) | Sierra Leone | Qualitative narrative and focus group interviews (k=9) | Norwegian nurses and physician deployed to Sierra Leone | Ebola Treatment Centre |
| Costantini et al. (2020)a | Covid-19 | Italy | Cross-sectional telephone survey (k=16 hospices) | Hospice staff | Hospice |
| Englert et al. (2019) | Ebola, Marburg (multiple outbreaks from 2001 to 2017 | Uganda | Qualitative interview (k=41) | Healthcare workers | Hospital |
| Etkind et al. (2020)a | Covid-19, Ebola, SARs, Influenza - studies from year 2004–2020 | Studies included West Africa, Taiwan, Italy, U.S, Hong Kong and Singapore | Rapid Review and narrative synthesis (k=10 studies) | Hospice and palliative care staff | Hospice and palliative care settings |
| Gershon et al. (2016) | Ebola | West Africa | Qualitative interviews (k=16) | Healthcare volunteers from U.S. | Ebola Treatment Unit |
| Gillissen et al. (2020) | Covid-19 | International | Directed documentary and content analysis (k=21) | Nursing home staff | Nursing home |
| Hewlett and Hewlett (2005) | Ebola (1995, 2000–2001, 2003) | Democratic Republic of Congo (1995), Uganda (2000–2001) and Republic of Congo (2003) | Qualitative interviews and focus groups (k=10) | Nurses and healthcare workers | Not reported |
| Hunt (2008) | Humanitarian aid work in post-conflict zones | Africa, Asia, Central America and Eastern Europe | Qualitative interviews (k=10) | Nurses, physical therapist, physician and social workers | Various settings |
| Jaakkimainen et al. (2014) | SARS (2003), H1N1 (2009) | Canada | Quantitative survey (k=183) | GPs and Family Physicians | Community |
| Langston et al. (2016) | Ebola | Liberia | Mixed methods, qualitative and quantitative survey | Healthcare workers | Hospital |
| Leong et al. (2004) | SARs | Singapore | Qualitative interviews (k=8) | Palliative care workers | Hospitals |
| Locsin et al. (2002) | Ebola (2001) | Uganda | Qualitative written (k=7) narratives | Nurses | Hospital |
| Locsin et al. (2009) | Ebola (2001) | Uganda | Qualitative written narratives (k=15) | Nurses | Hospital |
| Matzo et al. (2009) | Mass casualty events | Not applicable | Qualitative interviews as part of a wider guideline development process | Palliative care experts | Various |
| McCormack et al. (2019) | Ebola (2014) | Sierra Leone | Qualitative interviews (k=5) | Red Cross Healthcare delegates – nurses and body handlers | Not reported |
| Nouvet et al. (2018) | Ebola (2014–2016) | New Guinea | Qualitative interviews (k=10) | Nurse, physicians | Ebola Treatment Centres |
| Raven et al. (2018) | Ebola (2004) | Sierra Leone | Qualitative interviews (k=25) | National and international healthcare workers | Ebola Treatment Centres, district and community hospitals |
| Rubin et al. (2016) | Ebola (2014–2015) | West Africa | Qualitative interviews (k=51) | UK Medical and laboratory staff | Not reported |
| Schneider et al. (2018) | Humanitarian emergency assistance | Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, Lebanon, Myanmar, Niger, South Sudan, Tanzania |
Qualitative interviews (k=15) | Expatriate humanitarian health workers - returning from clinical assignment with Médecins sans Frontières (MSF). | District hospital, HIV clinic, mobile clinics, primary health care, referral hospital, refugee camp |
Langston et al. (2016) and Matzo et al. (2009) did not report the number of participants included in their studies.
a
Etkind et al. (2020) is also a review and includes the study by Costantini et al. (2020).