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Table 1 Descriptive information on the included articles, in alphabetical order

From: Palliative care in advanced Huntington’s disease: a scoping review

No.

Author(s)

Publication date

Country

Design/

Level of evidence

Participants

Topic

1

Aubeeluck et al.

2011

UK

Narrative review

V

n/a

Physical care

Psychological care

Social care

Advance care planning

Health care services

2

Booij et al.

2013

the Netherlands

Survey

III

14 HD patients, 5 going to daycare facility or living in a nursing home

Advance care planning

3

Booij et al.

2013

the Netherlands

Survey

III

15 physicians (4 general practitioners, 7 nursing home physician, 2 psychiatrists, 2 neurologists)

Advance care planning

4

Booij et al.

2014

the Netherlands

Survey

III

134 HD patients visiting out-patient clinics; mean TFC 8.5 (3.9)

Advance care planning

5

Brotherton et al.

2012

UK

Guideline

V

n/a

Physical care

6

Carlozzi et al.

2016

USA

Survey

II

507 manifest or pre-manifest HD patients (117 late-stage)

Advance care planning

End-of-life needs assessments

7

Carlozzi et al.

2018

USA

Survey

II

508 manifest or pre-manifest HD patients (114 late-stage)

Advance care planning

End-of-life needs assessments

8

Carlozzi et al.

2019

USA

Survey

II

507 manifest or pre-manifest HD patients (109 late stage)

End-of-life needs assessments

9

Dawson et al.

2004

Australia

Survey

III

6 HD patients (1 middle/late stage); 19 informal carers (9 caring for HD patient in middle/late stage); 7 health care workers

Social care

Health care services

10

Dellefield et al.

2011

USA

Narrative review

V

n/a

Physical care

Psychological care

Social care

Spiritual care

Health care services

11

Downing et al.

2018

USA

Survey

III

503 HD patients (113 late stage: TFC 0–6)

Advance care planning

12

Ekkel et al.

2021

the Netherlands

Survey

III

12 patients (7 outpatient, 3 daycare, 2 assisted living facility)

Advance care planning

13

Hamedani et al.

2020

USA

Cross-sectional study

IV

1614 hospital admissions for gastrostomy in HD patients

Physical care

Health care services

14

Johnson et al.

2018

USA

Cross-sectional study

IV

101 HD patients referred to hospice care, data extracted from CHOICE database

Physical care

Social care

Health care services

15

Kavanaugh et al.

2016

USA

Survey

III

40 youth caregivers (children) of HD patients (age 12–20)

Social care

Advance care planning

16

Kendrick et al.

2019

USA

Case study

IV

1 pediatric HD patient from the age of 6 to 12

Social care

Pediatric HD care

Advance care planning

17

Kent

2015

UK

Narrative review

V

n/a

Advance care planning

18

Kristjanson et al.

2006

Australia

Survey

III

48 HD patients (4 receiving palliative care services); 56 HD caregivers (6 receiving palliative care services)

Physical care

Health care services

19

Lamers

2006

USA

Case report

V

1 HD patient receiving hospice care

Physical care

Health care services

20

Lentz

2014

USA

Case report

V

52-year-old HD patient, assisted-living facility

Health care services

21

Lindblad et al.

2010

Sweden

Survey

III

667 physicians (internal medicine, surgery, intensive-care/anesthesiology, general practice and psychiatry); 625 general public

Advance care planning

22

Macleod

2005

New Zealand

Narrative review

V

n/a

Advance care planning

Health care services

23

Macleod et al.

2016

New Zealand

Narrative review

V

n/a

Physical care

Psychological care

Social care

Health care services

24

Marks et al.

2011

USA

Narrative review

V

n/a

Physical care

Psychological care

Social care

Advance care planning

Health care services

25

Mendizabal et al.

2017

USA

Cross-sectional study

IV

271 pediatric HD patients from the USA KID database, aged 5–20

Pediatric HD care

26

Mestre et al.

2017

Canada/USA

Narrative review

V

n/a

Physical care

Social care

Advance care planning

Health care services

27

Miller et al.

2012

USA

Case report

V

13-year-old pediatric HD patient

Pediatric HD care

28

Moskowitz et al.

2001

USA

Narrative review

V

n/a

Physical care

Psychological care

Advance care planning

Health care services

29

Moskowitz et al.

2017

USA

Narrative review

V

n/a

Physical care

Psychological care

Advance care planning

Health care services

30

Phillips et al.

2008

UK/USA

Narrative review

V

n/a

Physical care

Psychological care

Pediatric HD care

Health care services

31

Roscoe et al.

2009

USA

Survey

III

17 caregivers of late-stage HD patients (8 patients living at home, 7 in nursing home, 2 in assisted-living facilities or residential group homes)

Social care

Spiritual care

Health care services

32

Røthing et al.

2014

Norway

Survey

III

15 family caregivers (aged 20–67) of HD patients (caring for parent, spouse, siblings or adult children)

Social care

Health care services

33

Røthing et al.

2015

Norway

Survey

III

15 family caregivers (aged 20–67) of HD patients (caring for parent, spouse, siblings or adult children)

Social care

Spiritual care

Health care services

34

Shah et al.

2021

Australia

Case report

V

26-year-old patient referred to neuro-palliative ward

Advance care planning

Health care services

35

Simpson

2007

UK

Narrative review

V

n/a

Physical care

Advance care planning

Health care services

36

Sokol et al.

2021

USA

Survey

III

322 patients (101 late stage)

Spiritual care

37

Sokol et al.

2021

USA

Cross-sectional study

IV

8521 patients admitted to hospital, 321 receiving specialty palliative care

Health care services

38

Tarolli et al.

2017

USA

Narrative review

V

5 HD patients (2 in advanced stage, 1 living in nursing home, 1 receiving hospice care)

Social care

Advance care planning

Health care services

  1. HD: Huntington’s Disease
  2. TFC: total functional capacity (mean, SD)
  3. KID: Kids’ Inpatient Database
  4. CHOICE: Coalition of Hospices Organized to Investigate Comparative Effectiveness
  5. n/a: not applicable