Tag: Palliative care

A systematic review of six randomised controlled trials finds active digital education consistently improves palliative patients' outcomes, while telemedicine and ...

A cross-sectional study of 50 advanced cancer patients in Moroccan terminal palliative care found that more frequent and more intense ...

A qualitative study of 17 Singaporean families identifies six themes in the lived experiences of parent-caregivers of children with medical ...

A meta-synthesis of 13 qualitative studies identifies five themes of palliative care needs among heart failure patients, caregivers, and clinicians.

Researchers developed a Taiwan-Chinese version of the five core PCOC palliative care assessment tools through Delphi expert review, back-translation and ...

A multiple case study in French nursing homes identifies interacting organisational, structural, practice-based and individual factors that shape the quality ...

A survey of 210 children with cancer and their mothers in northwest Iran found physical symptoms were well managed while ...

A qualitative study of eight community clinic physicians in Taiwan identifies seven themes covering the benefits, challenges and policy barriers ...

A multicenter cohort study of 644 hemato-oncology decedents found that most received conventionally aggressive end-of-life care, yet caregiver-reported quality of ...

A randomized multicenter trial found that bolus-only hydromorphone pumps did not formally match bolus plus continuous infusion for refractory cancer ...

A pre- and post-intervention study of 38 community nurses found that a 1.5-hour COMFORT model training session significantly increased self-reported ...

A multicentre Chinese study of 179 participants sets out what hospitals owe older bereaved parents in palliative care and their ...

A narrative study of ten Taiwanese home-based hospice nurses traces how relationships with dying patients and their families shape professional ...

A new review shows likelihood ratios reveal wide variability in how well palliative prognostic tools discriminate short-term mortality.

A scoping review of 25 studies identifies personal, patient-related and institutional barriers that oncologists face when conducting goals-of-care discussions in ...

A systematic review of 31 studies identifies psychological, spiritual and social end-of-life needs shared among people with physical disabilities, caregivers ...

A qualitative study of five relatives in Türkiye found that religion and spirituality supported coping with caregiving, while participants perceived ...

A cluster randomized trial in 31 French emergency departments will test whether proactive communication, family involvement and bereavement support reduce ...

Researchers co-developed a free, nationally endorsed website covering six carer-identified topics to support unpaid and family carers of people with ...

A retrospective cohort study of 260 palliative care patients found that ECOG performance status, Charlson Comorbidity Index, Prognostic Nutritional Index ...