ABSTRACT
Objective To explore the Chinese culture oriented palliative care content for people with heart failure. Methods After a comprehensive literature review and expert interviews, two-round expert consultation was conducted to confirm the Chinese culture oriented palliative care content indicators for people with heart failure. Results A scientific literature review was performed and finally 102 articles were included.Totally 13 experts were interviewed and 525 meaning units were identified in the interviews.The Chinese culture oriented palliative care content for people with heart failure contained 4 first-grade indicators,10 second-grade indicators and 42 third-grade indicators.The expert′s enthusiasm of the two rounds of expert consultation were both 100%,the authoritative coefficient were 0.82 and 0.83, the coordination coefficient of Kendall′s W were 0.14 to 0.40 (P<0.01). Conclusions The Chinese culture oriented palliative care content for people with heart failure contributes to the development of new models for integrated heart failure care and palliative care which set with Chinese culture.