Gender differences in prevalence of depression among patients receiving palliative care: the role of dependency.

abstract：:Philip J Larkin, Fliss Murtagh, Heather Richardson, Myra Bluebond Langner and Sheila Payne (2016) Collaboration: Securing a future for palliative care research. Palliative Medicine, September 2016 30:8 709-710, doi: 10.1177/0269216316661970. ...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

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更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Palliative Care Problem Severity Score is a clinician-rated tool to assess problem severity in four palliative care domains (pain, other symptoms, psychological/spiritual, family/carer problems) using a 4-point categorical scale (absent, mild, moderate, severe). AIM:To test the reliability and acceptabi...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Masso M,Allingham SF,Johnson CE,Pidgeon T,Yates P,Currow D,Eagar K

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study looked at the efficacy of drug treatment in managing death rattle in a 30-bedded specialist palliative care unit. The study was conducted in two phases. In the first, patients received hyoscine hydrobromide as the antimuscarinic; glycopyrrolate was used in the second phase. The patients in the two phases we...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Back IN,Jenkins K,Blower A,Beckhelling J

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this population-based study, we found that parents who are aware that their child will die from a malignancy are more likely to care for their child at home during the child's last month of life compared to parents who are not aware. End-of-life home care was comparable to hospital care for satisfactory pain relief...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Surkan PJ,Dickman PW,Steineck G,Onelöv E,Kreicbergs U

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Liverpool Care Pathway was used in UK hospitals (late 1990s to July 2014) in an attempt to generate hospice-style high-quality end-of-life care in acute settings. Despite being widely established, there was limited research or contextual evidence regarding this approach or its impact. Growing criticism f...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Twigger S,Yardley SJ

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a decision-making and treatment checklist developed to facilitate the at-home palliative sedation process, we assessed the incidence and efficacy of palliative sedation for end-of-life cancer patients with intractable symptoms who died at home. We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 370 patients who ...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Alonso-Babarro A,Varela-Cerdeira M,Torres-Vigil I,Rodríguez-Barrientos R,Bruera E

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bereavement support is a key component of palliative care, with different types of support recommended according to need. Previous reviews have typically focused on specialised interventions and have not considered more generic forms of support, drawing on different research methodologies. AIM:To review the...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Harrop E,Morgan F,Longo M,Semedo L,Fitzgibbon J,Pickett S,Scott H,Seddon K,Sivell S,Nelson A,Byrne A

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clinical pathways aim to ensure that individuals receive appropriate evidence-based care and interventions, with the Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying Patient focusing on end of life. However, controlled studies of the Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying Patient, particularly outside of cancer settings, ...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Brännström M,Fürst CJ,Tishelman C,Petzold M,Lindqvist O

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Exploring terminal patients' perceptions of GPs' role in delivering continuous end-of-life care and identifying barriers to this. DESIGN:Qualitative interview study with patients (two consecutive interviews). SETTING:Primary care Belgium. PARTICIPANTS:Seventeen terminally ill cancer patients, informed abo...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Michiels E,Deschepper R,Van Der Kelen G,Bernheim JL,Mortier F,Vander Stichele R,Deliens L

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When a person is diagnosed with a severe disease, it seems plausible that existential questions and death anxiety are easily intensified. The aims of this study were to explore whether this is the case, to what extent patients and their next of kin experience death anxiety, and how these experiences are expressed. Fol...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Adelbratt S,Strang P

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The frequency of the use of laxatives, and the relationship between doses of laxatives and of opioid analgesia, were determined by a prospective study of 498 hospice inpatients with advanced cancer. Laxatives were required by 87% of patients taking oral strong opioids, 74% of those on weak opioids and 64% of those not...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Sykes NP

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Informal caregivers of people with motor neurone disease (MND) take on an extensive role. Caregivers are at increased risk of experiencing psychological distress and burden, yet, there is a lack of intervention programmes to support them. AIM:The aim of this study was to investigate the feasibility and acce...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Ugalde A,Mathers S,Hennessy Anderson N,Hudson P,Orellana L,Gluyas C

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Specialist palliative care (SPC) services in Ireland are well developed by international standards. However, standardized information on all patients of SPC services is not collected so the proportion of patients seen with a noncancer diagnosis is just an estimate at 5%. AIMS:To describe Irish SPC services'...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： O'Leary N,Tiernan E

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The quality of research, and the resulting quality of evidence available to guide palliative care, is dependent on the ethical decisions underpinning its design, conduct and report. Whilst much has been published debating the ethics of palliative care research, an assessment of the quality and synthesis of the central...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Duke S,Bennett H

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known about the attitudes of healthcare professional students' perceived competence and confidence in treating those with dementia who are at the end of life. AIM:To explore the attitudes of final year medical, nursing and pharmacy students towards people with dementia and to evaluate their percei...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： De Witt Jansen B,Weckmann M,Nguyen CM,Parsons C,Hughes CM

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic kidney disease palliative care guidelines would benefit from more diverse and objectively defined health status measures. AIM:The aim is to identify high-risk patients from administrative data and facilitate timely and uniform palliative care involvement. DESIGN:It is a retrospective cohort study. ...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Nenova Z,Hotchkiss J Jr

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of cognitive impairment in patients who are receiving hospice care can affect numerous practical, ethical and legal aspects of their healthcare. A number of factors can contribute to cognitive impairment in these patients. Prevalence rates of cognitive impairment vary widely, but it remains under-recognis...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Irwin SA,Zurhellen CH,Diamond LC,Dunn LB,Palmer BW,Jeste DV,Twamley EW

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the lack of clear benefits of feeding via gastrostomy tube in dementia patients, its use has been increasing. The views of health professionals, patients and their carers differ widely about the perceived benefits, which makes decision-making difficult and stressful. The palliative care approach of facilitatin...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Shah SH

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To identify and explore the educational needs of children's hospice doctors in England. DESIGN:A descriptive quantitative and qualitative survey. SETTING:Children's hospices in England. PARTICIPANTS:All children's hospice doctors (n =55) in England were approached, and 35 (65%) consented. INTERVENTIONS:A...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Amery J,Lapwood S

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:People with dementia requiring palliative care have multiple needs, which are amplified in long-term care settings. The European Association for Palliative Care White Paper offers recommendations for optimal palliative care in dementia integral for this population, providing useful guidance to inform interve...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Kochovska S,Garcia MV,Bunn F,Goodman C,Luckett T,Parker D,Phillips JL,Sampson EL,van der Steen JT,Agar MR

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bisphosphonates are the treatment of choice for hypercalcaemia of malignancy (HCM) but there is no consensus regarding which drug or dose should be given. We designed a systematic review to investigate the efficacy of bisphosphonates in the treatment of HCM. METHODS:We identified randomized controlled trial...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Saunders Y,Ross JR,Broadley KE,Edmonds PM,Patel S,Steering Group.

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Communities have limited understanding of palliative care, creating barriers to informed choice around consideration of a full range of care options in the event of serious illness. Few empirically tested interventions are available to educate community about palliative care, and ultimately improve timely ac...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Collins A,McLachlan SA,Hill M,Collins S,Philip J

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is growing evidence that the palliative care needs of certain people, such as those from minority ethnic groups, are not being met. The aim of this study was to investigate whether place of death from cancer differs between ethnic groups. A total of 101,516 patients resident in South East England and who died fr...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Coupland VH,Madden P,Jack RH,Møller H,Davies EA

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is a rare but usually fatal demyelinating disease of the central nervous system in patients who are immunocompromised. It is characterized by rapid neurological deterioration associated with progressive white matter changes on imaging and is confirmed by isolation of th...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Cotton PJ,Le B

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Early palliative care improves quality of life during life-prolonging treatment for patients with cancer, but the role of nurses in facilitating the early involvement of palliative care is unclear. AIM:To conceptualize the psychosocial processes involved in the introduction and provision of palliative care ...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Mohammed S,Savage P,Kevork N,Swami N,Rodin G,Zimmermann C

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To explore the experiences of people involved in UK palliative care day services (PCDS) and identify the important outcomes of this service. METHODS:Focus groups were carried out separately with patients, informal carers and volunteers from four purposively selected palliative care day units and with day un...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Low J,Perry R,Wilkinson S

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Refractory breathlessness in advanced chronic disease leads to high levels of disability, anxiety and social isolation. These result in high health-resource use, although this is not quantified. AIMS:To measure the cost of care for patients with advanced disease and refractory breathlessness and to identify...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Dzingina MD,Reilly CC,Bausewein C,Jolley CJ,Moxham J,McCrone P,Higginson IJ,Yi D

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The majority of children and young people who die in the United Kingdom have pre-existing life-limiting illness. Currently, most such deaths occur in hospital, most frequently within the intensive care environment. AIM:To explore the experiences of senior medical and nursing staff regarding the challenges a...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Mitchell S,Dale J

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to compare patient and proxy (physician and nurse) assessments of symptoms in advanced cancer patients. The sample consisted of 49 patients with advanced cancer admitted to an acute palliative care unit. Three independent assessments were completed for each patient on two occasions within...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Nekolaichuk CL,Bruera E,Spachynski K,MacEachern T,Hanson J,Maguire TO

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The high prevalence of pain and other symptoms throughout the HIV disease trajectory, the need for management of side effects related to antiretroviral therapy, the continuing incidence of cancers and new emerging co-morbidities as a result of extended life expectancy under new therapeutic regimes, and the ongoing nee...

journal_title：Palliative medicine

authors： Harding R,Easterbrook P,Higginson IJ,Karus D,Raveis VH,Marconi K

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00