The use of specialist palliative care services differs in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and interstitial lung disease: A national cohort study

Authors: Pihlaja, Hanna ^{a, b, c, ⁎}, Piili, Reetta P. ^{a, b}, Nuutinen, Mikko ^d, Saarto, Tiina ^e, Carpén, Timo ^{e, 1}, Lehto, Juho T. ^{a, b, 1}

Source: In Respiratory Medicine April-May 2025 240

Dyspnea Associates With a Widely Impaired Quality of Life in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Patients: A Longitudinal Study Using 15D

Authors: Rautajoki, Tuuli, Lehto, Juho T., Sutinen, Eva, Bergman, Paula, Sintonen, Harri, Rajala, Kaisa, Mäkelä, Kati, Hollmen, Maria, Saarto, Tiina, Myllärniemi, Marjukka

Source: Journal of palliative medicine. 26(10):1357-1364

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'I am still valuable' – A qualitative study of incurable cancer patients coping in hospice care

Authors: Viitala, Anu, Åstedt‐Kurki, Päivi, Lehto, Juho T., Palonen, Mira

Source: Scandinavian journal of caring sciences. 37(3):720-731

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The effect of palliative outpatient units on resource use for cancer patients in Finland

Authors: Haltia, Olli, Vesinurm, Märt, Leskelä, Riikka-Leena, Rahko, Eeva, Tyynelä-Korhonen, Kristiina, Lehto, Juho T., Saarto, Tiina, Akrén, Outi M.

Source: Acta oncologica. 62(9):1118-1123

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Palliation of Dyspnea With Mouthpiece Ventilation in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Pilot Feasibility Study

Authors: Leivo-Korpela, Sirpa, Rantala, Heidi A., Piili, Reetta P., Lehtimäki, Lauri, Lehto, Juho T.

Source: Journal of palliative medicine. 26(9):1261-1265

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Assessing Symptom Burden and Depression in Subjects With Chronic Respiratory Insufficiency

Authors: Rantala, Heidi A., Leivo-Korpela, Sirpa, Lehtimäki, Lauri, Lehto, Juho T.

Source: Journal of palliative care. 37(2):134-141

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Nursing Students' Views of the Content of Palliative Care in Undergraduate Education and their Self-assessed Palliative Care Competence—A Nationwide Cross-sectional Study

Authors: Hökkä, Minna, Pölkki, Tarja, Lehto, Juho T.

Source: Journal of palliative care. 37(3):434-442

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Online follow-up with a mobile device improves incurable cancer patients’ coping – A qualitative study

Authors: Viitala, Anu, Åstedt-Kurki, Päivi, Lehto, Juho T., Palonen, Mira

Source: In European Journal of Oncology Nursing December 2021 55

End of life in multiple sclerosis: Disability, causes and place of death among cases diagnosed from 1981 to 2010 in Pirkanmaa hospital district in Western Finland

Authors: Murtonen, Annukka, Lehto, Juho T., Sumelahti, Marja-Liisa

Source: In Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders September 2021 54

Palliative Nursing Competencies Required for Different Levels of Palliative Care Provision: A Qualitative Analysis of Health Care Professionals' Perspectives

Authors: Hökkä, Minna, Melender, Hanna-Leena, Lehto, Juho T., Kaakinen, Pirjo

Source: Journal of palliative medicine. 24(10):1516-1524

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Differences in the palliative care phase between patients with nonmalignant pulmonary disease and lung cancer: a retrospective study.

Authors: Pihlaja, Hanna, Rantala, Heidi A., Soikkeli, Silja, Arminen, Milja, Aho, Sonja, Leivo-Korpela, Sirpa, Lehto, Juho T., Piili, Reetta P.

Source: BMC Palliative Care; 12/26/2024, Vol. 23 Issue 1, p1-8, 8p

Subject Terms: TREATMENT of lung tumors, LUNG disease treatment, PEARSON correlation (Statistics), MEDICAL protocols, MEDICAL care use, PALLIATIVE treatment, ACADEMIC medical centers, RESEARCH funding, FISHER exact test, RETROSPECTIVE studies, CHI-squared test, MANN Whitney U Test, DESCRIPTIVE statistics, KAPLAN-Meier estimator, SURVIVAL analysis (Biometry), COMPARATIVE studies, LENGTH of stay in hospitals

Geographic Terms: FINLAND

Health-related quality of life measured with K-BILD is associated with survival in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

Authors: Rautajoki, Tuuli, Rantala, Heidi A., Sutinen, Eva, Saarto, Tiina, Rajala, Kaisa, Pesonen, Ida, Hollmen, Maria, Myllärniemi, Marjukka, Lehto, Juho T.

Source: BMC Pulmonary Medicine; 9/30/2024, Vol. 24 Issue 1, p1-10, 10p

Subject Terms: PULMONARY fibrosis, IDIOPATHIC pulmonary fibrosis, INTERSTITIAL lung diseases, ADVANCE directives (Medical care), OVERALL survival

Physician self-disclosure and vaccine-critical parents׳ trust: Preparing medical students for parents׳ difficult questions

Authors: Koski, Kaisu, Lehto, Juho T., Hakkarainen, Kati

Source: Health professions education. 5(3):253-258

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Assessing the utilization of the decision to implement a palliative goal for the treatment of cancer patients during the last year of life at Helsinki University Hospital: a historic cohort study

Authors: Hirvonen, Outi M., Leskelä, Riikka-Leena, Grönholm, Lotta, Haltia, Olli, Rissanen, Antti, Tyynelä-Korhonen, Kristiina, Rahko, Eeva K., Lehto, Juho T., Saarto, Tiina

Source: Acta oncologica. 58(12):1699-1705

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Facing a request for assisted death - views of Finnish physicians, a mixed method study.

Authors: Piili, Reetta P., Hökkä, Minna, Vänskä, Jukka, Tolvanen, Elina, Louhiala, Pekka, Lehto, Juho T.

Source: BMC Medical Ethics; 5/3/2024, Vol. 25 Issue 1, p1-10, 10p

Subject Terms: EUTHANASIA laws, PHYSICIANS' attitudes, ATTITUDES toward death, PHYSICIANS, ASSISTED suicide, STATISTICAL hypothesis testing

Has there been a change in the end-of-life decision-making over the past 16 years?

Authors: Piili, Reetta P.^1,2 reetta.piili@tuni.fi, Lehto, Juho T.^1,2, Metsänoja, Riina³, Hinkka, Heikki⁴, Kellokumpu-Lehtinen, Pirkko-Liisa I.^1,5

Source: BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care. May2024, Vol. 14 Issue e1, pe691-e699. 9p.

Palliative care patients in the emergency medical service: a retrospective cohort study from Finland.

Authors: Pesonen, Eemil, Vuorinen, Pauli, Surakka, Leena, Lehto, Juho T., Hoppu, Sanna

Source: BMC Health Services Research; 4/29/2024, Vol. 24 Issue 1, p1-6, 6p

Subject Terms: MEDICAL care, EMERGENCY medical services, EMERGENCY medical technicians, PALLIATIVE treatment, TRANSPORTATION rates, COHORT analysis

Geographic Terms: FINLAND

Finnish nursing students' perceptions of the development needs in palliative care education and factors influencing learning in undergraduate nursing studies – a qualitative study.

Authors: Hökkä, Minna^1,2 minna.hokka@kamk.fi, Lehto, Juho T.^3,4, Kyngäs, Helvi¹, Pölkki, Tarja^1,5

Source: BMC Palliative Care. 3/23/2022, Vol. 21 Issue 1, p1-15. 15p.

Subject Terms: *RESEARCH methodology, *BACCALAUREATE nursing education, *UNDERGRADUATES, *QUALITATIVE research, *SURVEYS, *NURSING students, *STUDENT attitudes, *CURRICULUM planning, *CONTENT analysis, *NEEDS assessment, *PALLIATIVE treatment

Geographic Terms: FINLAND

The Coping and Support Needs of Incurable Cancer Patients

Authors: Viitala, Anu, Saukkonen, Marita, Lehto, Juho T., Palonen, Mira, Åstedt-Kurki, Päivi

Source: Journal of hospice and palliative nursing. 20(2):187-194

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Survival and end-of-life aspects among subjects on long-term noninvasive ventilation

Authors: Rantala, Heidi A., Leivo-Korpela, Sirpa, Kettunen, Siiri, Lehto, Juho T., Lehtimäki, Lauri

Source: European clinical respiratory journal. 8(1)

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