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abstract:BACKGROUND:Death anxiety is important but understudied in palliative care. New self-report measurements have been developed, but their interpretation and clinical utility may not be evident. AIM:To inform our understanding of death anxiety in patients with advanced cancer by exploring the relationship between this sel...
journal_title:Palliative medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1177/0269216316628780
更新日期:2016-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Care relationships are crucial in tailoring the end-of-life care of a person with intellectual disabilities (ID) to their needs. Yet, almost all studies on end-of-life care for people with ID have been conducted among caregivers. The views of people with ID about care relationships at the end of life have no...
journal_title:Palliative medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1177/0269216316640421
更新日期:2016-07-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1177/0269216315613904
更新日期:2016-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Little is known about the impact of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in palliative care settings. To date, the clinical impact of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in palliative care is unknown. AIM:To determine prevalence and incidence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus col...
journal_title:Palliative medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1177/0269216315595158
更新日期:2016-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Telehealth technologies are an emerging resource opening up the possibility of greater support if they have utility for patients, carers and clinicians. They may also help to meet health systems' imperatives for improved service delivery within current budgets. Clinicians' experiences and attitudes play a ke...
journal_title:Palliative medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1177/0269216315600113
更新日期:2016-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:We developed a new single point of access to integrated palliative care, respiratory medicine and physiotherapy: the breathlessness support service for patients with advanced disease and refractory breathlessness. This study aimed to describe patients' experiences of the service and identify the aspects valu...
journal_title:Palliative medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1177/0269216315600103
更新日期:2016-03-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1177/0269216315588007
更新日期:2016-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:A normal vitamin D status is required for bones and muscles to maintain their function and structure, but it also contributes to the functional integrity of other multiple physiologic systems in the body. AIM:To assess the relationship of Vitamin D deficiency with health-related quality-of-life issues, fati...
journal_title:Palliative medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1177/0269216315601954
更新日期:2016-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Patients with advanced cancer often have to make difficult decisions, such as how much to spend on moderately life-extending treatments. This and other end-of-life decisions are also influenced by their informal caregivers. Understanding the relative value that patients and their caregivers place on various ...
journal_title:Palliative medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1177/0269216315578803
更新日期:2015-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Chronically homeless individuals have high rates of hospitalization and death, and they may benefit from the completion of advance directives. AIM:To determine the rate of advance directive completion using a counselor-guided intervention, identify characteristics associated with advance directive completio...
journal_title:Palliative medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1177/0269216315575679
更新日期:2015-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Intrathecal drug delivery is known to be effective in alleviating cancer pain in patients for whom the conventional World Health Organization approach has proved insufficient. A multidisciplinary interventional cancer pain service was established in the West of Scotland in 2008 with the aim of providing a sa...
journal_title:Palliative medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1177/0269216315570514
更新日期:2015-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:It is necessary to develop palliative care to meet existing and future needs of patients and their families. It is important to include knowledge of patient preferences when developing high-quality palliative care services. Previous reviews have focused on patient preferences with regard to specific componen...
journal_title:Palliative medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1177/0269216314557882
更新日期:2015-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Palliative care requires a multidisciplinary care team. General practitioners often ask specialised palliative home care teams for support. Working with specialised nurses offers learning opportunities, also called workplace learning. This can be enhanced by the presence of a learning facilitator. OBJECTIVE...
journal_title:Palliative medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1177/0269216314560391
更新日期:2015-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Approximately one-third of rapid response team consultations involve issues of end-of-life care. We postulate a greater occurrence in patients with a life-limiting illness, in whom the opportunity for advance care planning and palliative care involvement should be offered. AIMS:We aim to review the characte...
journal_title:Palliative medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1177/0269216314560802
更新日期:2015-04-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1177/0269216315573000
更新日期:2015-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:This case report describes an end-stage cancer patient with intractable neuropathic pain and delirium who was successfully managed during the last 3 weeks of her life with a continuous subcutaneous infusion of dexmedetomidine. CASE PRESENTATION:A 55-year-old woman with locally advanced cervical cancer and u...
journal_title:Palliative medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1177/0269216314556923
更新日期:2015-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:There is widespread agreement that the families of hospice patients need to be prepared for the final days of life, yet current practices preparing families are not well described. Examining the gap between family needs and current practice will inform the development of effective preparatory interventions. ...
journal_title:Palliative medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1177/0269216314551320
更新日期:2015-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Being at peace is important for the quality of life of dying cancer patients, but its features, and the role of the doctor in facilitating peace, are unclear. AIM:We sought to understand the features of a peaceful patient, and patients' preferences regarding the role of the doctor in facilitating a sense of...
journal_title:Palliative medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1177/0269216314536455
更新日期:2014-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Primary care has the potential to play significant roles in providing effective palliative care for non-cancer patients. AIM:To identify, critically appraise and synthesise the existing evidence on views on the provision of palliative care for non-cancer patients by primary care providers and reveal any gap...
journal_title:Palliative medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1177/0269216314531999
更新日期:2014-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Gastroparesis is an under-recognised cause of refractory nausea and vomiting in patients with malignancy. The most common aetiologies are paraneoplastic and postsurgical dysmotility. There are little data on the efficacy of treatment to direct the management of patients with this symptom. We present a case a...
journal_title:Palliative medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1177/0269216314528400
更新日期:2014-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Patient misunderstandings about prognosis may be related to lack of communication. AIM:This study aimed to examine prognosis discussions held with hospitalized patients for whom palliative care consultations were requested, and if prognosis discussions did not occur, to explore why not. DESIGN:This was a s...
journal_title:Palliative medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1177/0269216313514126
更新日期:2014-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Of deaths in high-income countries, 75% are caused by progressive advanced chronic conditions. Palliative care needs to be extended from terminal cancer to these patients. However, direct measurement of the prevalence of people in need of palliative care in the population has not been attempted. AIM:Determi...
journal_title:Palliative medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1177/0269216313518266
更新日期:2014-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The Delirium Observation Screening Scale (DOS) is designed to detect delirium by nurses' observations and has shown good psychometric properties. Its use in palliative care unit patients has not been studied. AIM:To determine diagnostic and concurrent validity, internal consistency, and user-friendliness of...
journal_title:Palliative medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1177/0269216313492187
更新日期:2014-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Hospital is the most common place of cancer death but concerns regarding the quality of end-of-life care remain. AIM:Preliminary assessment of the effectiveness of the Liverpool Care Pathway on the quality of end-of-life care provided to adult cancer patients during their last week of life in hospital. DES...
journal_title:Palliative medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1177/0269216313487569
更新日期:2014-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:While there have been some studies looking at the impact on quality of life of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, to date no qualitative research looking at the specialist palliative needs of these patients has been conducted. AIM:This study aims to explore the specialist palliative care needs of ...
journal_title:Palliative medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1177/0269216313497226
更新日期:2013-10-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1177/0269216313483661
更新日期:2013-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The evidence supporting pharmacological treatment of death rattle is poor; yet, anticholinergic drugs feature in end-of-life care pathways and guidelines worldwide as a treatment option. AIM:This qualitative arm of a wider study aimed to explore important issues which health-care professionals associated wi...
journal_title:Palliative medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1177/0269216312464407
更新日期:2013-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Death with dignity has been identified as important both to patients and their surviving family. While research results have been published on what patients themselves believe may affect the dignity of their deaths, little is known about what family caregivers consider to be a dignified death. AIM:(1) To as...
journal_title:Palliative medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1177/0269216313483185
更新日期:2013-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Patients approaching death often have a decreasing oral intake, which can be distressing for relatives. Little is known about the relatives' experiences with and perceptions of oral intake at the end of life. AIM:This study aims to contribute to a more thorough understanding of relatives' concerns regarding...
journal_title:Palliative medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1177/0269216313477178
更新日期:2013-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Dementia is a life limiting illness and is becoming a major cause of death in developed countries. Many people with dementia die in nursing homes or long-term residential care settings. Spouse caregivers of people with dementia living in nursing homes find themselves in a position which is difficult to under...
journal_title:Palliative medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1177/0269216313479685
更新日期:2013-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Family caregivers in palliative care often report feeling insufficiently prepared to handle the caregiver role. Preparedness has been confirmed as a variable that may actually protect family caregiver well-being. Preparedness refers to how ready family caregivers perceive they are for the tasks and demands i...
journal_title:Palliative medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1177/0269216313486954
更新日期:2013-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Constipation affects many patients receiving long-term opioid therapy for cancer pain. Little is known about the nature of psychological distress and the burden associated with this problem. This information may inform the development of effective treatment strategies and ameliorate distress. AIM:The object...
journal_title:Palliative medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1177/0269216312450358
更新日期:2013-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:ENABLE (Educate, Nurture, Advise Before Life Ends) II was one of the first randomized controlled trials (RCTs) examining the effects of a concurrent oncology palliative care intervention on quality of life, mood, and symptom control for advanced cancer patients and their caregivers. However, little is known ...
journal_title:Palliative medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1177/0269216312445188
更新日期:2013-04-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1177/0269216312450932
更新日期:2013-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The lack of a clear definition of the palliative care patient hampers the comparison of results across different studies and impedes implementation of research findings in everyday practice. AIM:The aim of this article is to propose minimum characteristics that define a palliative care patient. DESIGN:The ...
journal_title:Palliative medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1177/0269216311435268
更新日期:2013-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Current end-of-life care policy and guidance recognises the important contribution of family carers, recommending that their needs should be assessed to support them in their caring role. How regular carer assessment is to be achieved is unclear, particularly because there is no evidence-based tool for direc...
journal_title:Palliative medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1177/0269216312440607
更新日期:2013-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:As end-of-life (EoL) care expands across Europe and the world, service developments are increasingly studied. The sociocultural context in which such changes take place, however, is often neglected in research. AIM:To explore sociocultural factors in EoL care in Belgium as represented by the literature. DE...
journal_title:Palliative medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,meta分析,评审
doi:10.1177/0269216311429619
更新日期:2013-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The global prevalence of dementia is set to rise to almost 65 million people by 2030, providing policy makers and practitioners with significant challenges, not least within the realms of end-of-life care. The international literature would suggest that people with dementia may benefit from palliative forms ...
journal_title:Palliative medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1177/0269216311423443
更新日期:2012-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Family members often take on many caring responsibilities, with complex issues and challenges to consider. Feelings of preparedness, competence and reward are identified as concepts that may protect caregiver wellbeing and decrease negative outcomes related to caregiving. AIM:This study aimed to translate, ...
journal_title:Palliative medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1177/0269216311419987
更新日期:2012-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:in community studies the prevalence of depression is higher in women than men; however, in palliative care settings this relationship is usually less strong, absent or reversed. AIM:to identify reasons for excess depression among men receiving palliative care. DESIGN:cross-sectional study. SETTING/PARTICI...
journal_title:Palliative medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1177/0269216311416035
更新日期:2012-07-01 00:00:00