abstract：CONTEXT:In 2010, California launched Partners for Children (PFC), a pediatric palliative care pilot program offering hospice-like services for children eligible for full-scope Medicaid delivered concurrently with curative care, regardless of the child's life expectancy. OBJECTIVES:We assessed the change from before PF...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Gans D,Hadler MW,Chen X,Wu SH,Dimand R,Abramson JM,Ferrell B,Diamant AL,Kominski GF

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Advanced, life-limiting illnesses are likely to have a predictable functional decline through a terminal phase to death, but some patients may also die suddenly. To date, empirical evidence characterizing "sudden death" in hospice/palliative care is lacking. OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to determine pr...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Ekström M,Vergo MT,Ahmadi Z,Currow DC

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Age-related hearing loss can impair patient-provider communication about symptom management, goals of care, and end-of-life decision-making. OBJECTIVES:To determine whether hospice and palliative care providers screen for or received training about hearing loss, believe it impacts patient care, and use strateg...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Smith AK,Ritchie CS,Wallhagen ML

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Relaxation interventions are frequently used to promote symptom relief in palliative care settings, but little is known about the underlying mechanisms. OBJECTIVES:The present analysis aimed at examining the psychophysiological pathways of terminally ill patients' cardiovascular response to a live music therap...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Warth M,Kessler J,Hillecke TK,Bardenheuer HJ

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Patients with post-stroke spasticity (PSS) commonly experience pain in affected limbs, which may impact quality of life. OBJECTIVES:To assess onabotulinumtoxinA for pain in patients with PSS from the BOTOX(®) Economic Spasticity Trial, a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. METHODS...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Wissel J,Ganapathy V,Ward AB,Borg J,Ertzgaard P,Herrmann C,Haggstrom A,Sakel M,Ma J,Dimitrova R,Fulford-Smith A,Gillard P

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Palliative care for the older person is often limited, resulting in poor quality of dying. Pharmacological management can be one of the components to achieve better symptom control. OBJECTIVES:To describe the anticipatory prescription of medication for symptomatic treatment and the deprescription of potentiall...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Van Den Noortgate NJ,Verhofstede R,Cohen J,Piers RD,Deliens L,Smets T

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Cancer pain has a severe impact on quality of life and is associated with numerous psychosocial responses. Recent studies suggest that treatment of cancer pain has improved during the last decade. OBJECTIVES:The aim of this review was to examine the present status of pain prevalence and pain severity in patien...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： van den Beuken-van Everdingen MH,Hochstenbach LM,Joosten EA,Tjan-Heijnen VC,Janssen DJ

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PC-FACS(FastArticleCriticalSummaries for Clinicians inPalliativeCare) provides hospice and palliative care clinicians with concise summaries of the most important findings from more than 100 medical and scientific journals. If you have colleagues who would benefit from receiving PC-FACS, please encourage them to join ...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Zhukovsky DS

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Because of the increasing body of literature on neuropathic cancer pain (NCP), an accurate estimate of its prevalence requires recurring updates. OBJECTIVES:To provide this estimate using information from a systematic review and a survey. METHODS:Using MEDLINE, Embase, and a previous review, we searched for s...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Roberto A,Deandrea S,Greco MT,Corli O,Negri E,Pizzuto M,Ruggeri F

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:The symptom experience of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is extremely complex. It is characterized by multiple co-occurring symptoms. However, very few studies have described this experience in COPD patients. OBJECTIVES:The aims of this study were to evaluate for differences in symp...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Christensen VL,Holm AM,Cooper B,Paul SM,Miaskowski C,Rustøen T

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Locked-in syndrome (LIS) is a rare neurologic disorder rendering an individual quadriplegic and anarthric with preserved self-awareness and normal if not near-normal cognition. A lesion to the ventral pons causes the classic form of LIS, and patients can typically interact with their environment with eye/eyelid moveme...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Maiser S,Kabir A,Sabsevitz D,Peltier W

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Audits have been proposed for estimating possible recruitment rates to randomized controlled trials (RCTs), but few studies have compared audit data with subsequent recruitment rates. OBJECTIVES:To compare the accuracy of estimates of potential recruitment from a retrospective consecutive cohort audit of actua...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： McCaffrey N,Fazekas B,Cutri N,Currow DC

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Although sporadic male predominance in hiccup patients has been reported, the association between gender differences and triggering factors has rarely been evaluated in patients with hiccups. OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to investigate whether gender differences exist in hiccup patients by analyzing al...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Lee GW,Kim RB,Go SI,Cho HS,Lee SJ,Hui D,Bruera E,Kang JH

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:The modified Glasgow Prognostic Score (mGPS) is a well-known marker of systemic inflammatory response previously associated with poor prognoses in cancer. OBJECTIVES:We investigated the relationships between mGPS and clinical variables and the prognostic impact of mGPS in patients with advanced cancer starting...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Pantano Nde P,Paiva BS,Hui D,Paiva CE

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Pain has been reported as the second most commonly reported symptom in people living with HIV/AIDS. In South Africa, there are more than five million people living with HIV/AIDS. Approximately, two million belong to the Xhosa cultural group. The prevalence of pain in amaXhosa living with HIV/AIDS was unknown at...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Parker R,Jelsma J,Stein DJ

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Dyspnea is a frequently reported and highly distressing symptom for persons nearing end of life, affecting the quality of living and dying. OBJECTIVES:This study described health and clinical characteristics of persons experiencing dyspnea who receive palliative home care services and identified factors affect...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Freeman S,Hirdes JP,Stolee P,Garcia J,Smith TF

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Nursing home (NH) residents with advanced dementia are commonly suspected of having infections. Most episodes are treated with antimicrobials, although evidence supporting bacterial infections is often lacking. The extent to which other interventions are used in managing suspected infections is unknown. OBJECT...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Yates E,Mitchell SL,Habtemariam D,Dufour AB,Givens JL

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Symptom control research in patients with advanced cancer is not common. This may be the result of a belief that this research is unethical, not practical, or that patients are not interested. However, the experiences of cancer patients who have actually taken part in symptom control research near the end of li...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Middlemiss T,Lloyd-Williams M,Laird BJ,Fallon MT

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:The gap between informal caregivers' expectations of caregiving at the end of life and their actual caregiving experience has important affective and behavioral consequences. OBJECTIVES:This study analyzes for the first time the characteristics of those caregivers who report a worse or much worse than expected...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Burns EJ,Quinn SJ,Abernethy AP,Currow DC

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Breakthrough cancer pain (BTCP) is a heterogeneous condition, and there are no internationally agreed standardized criteria to diagnose it. There are published algorithms to assist with diagnosis, but these differ in content. There are no comparative data to support use. OBJECTIVES:To compare the diagnostic ab...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Webber K,Davies AN,Cowie MR

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Measuring opioid concentrations in pain treatment is warranted in situations where optimal opioid analgesia is difficult to reach. OBJECTIVES:To assess the usefulness of oral fluid (OFL) as an alternative to plasma in opioid concentration monitoring in cancer patients on chronic opioid therapy. METHODS:We col...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Heiskanen T,Langel K,Gunnar T,Lillsunde P,Kalso EA

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:The Neonatal Infant Pain Scale (NIPS), initially developed in Canada, has been previously used but not adequately adapted and validated for use in Brazil. OBJECTIVES:The goal of the present study was to perform a cross-cultural adaptation and clinical validation of the NIPS for use in the Brazilian population....

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Motta Gde C,Schardosim JM,Cunha ML

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stercoral perforation of the colon is a rare complication of constipation, and there have only been a few reported cases of stercoral perforation of the colon secondary to opioid-induced constipation. This article describes such a case in a cancer survivor with chronic cancer-related pain and reviews the medical/surgi...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Davies A,Webber K

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Fatigue is a distressing persistent sense of physical tiredness that is not proportional to a person's recent activity. Fatigue impacts patients' treatment decisions and can limit their self-care activities. Although significant interindividual variability in fatigue severity has been noted, little is known abo...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Wright F,D'Eramo Melkus G,Hammer M,Schmidt BL,Knobf MT,Paul SM,Cartwright F,Mastick J,Cooper BA,Chen LM,Melisko M,Levine JD,Kober K,Aouizerat BE,Miaskowski C

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Although resident death is a common occurrence in long-term care, little attention has focused on how prepared certified nursing assistants (CNAs), who provide most of residents' daily care, are for this experience. OBJECTIVES:To identify characteristics of the resident, CNA, and care context associated with C...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： van Riesenbeck I,Boerner K,Barooah A,Burack OR

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have elected to include a bereaved family member survey in public reporting of hospice quality data as mandated in the Affordable Care Act. However, it is not known what time point after death offers the most reliable responses. OBJECTIVES:To examine the stability o...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： DiBiasio EL,Clark MA,Gozalo PL,Spence C,Casarett DJ,Teno JM

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Patient-clinician communication is an important prerequisite to delivering high-quality end-of-life care. However, discussions about end-of-life care are uncommon in patients with advanced chronic organ failure. OBJECTIVES:The aim was to examine the quality of end-of-life care communication during one year fol...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Houben CH,Spruit MA,Schols JM,Wouters EF,Janssen DJ

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Limited information is available about lung cancer patients' symptoms in the pre- and postoperative periods. OBJECTIVES:Study purposes were to evaluate for changes in symptom occurrence and severity from the preoperative period to five months after surgery and to evaluate for predictors of the occurrence and t...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Oksholm T,Rustoen T,Cooper B,Paul SM,Solberg S,Henriksen K,Kongerud JS,Miaskowski C

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:The Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status (ECOG PS) is one of the most commonly used assessments in oncology and palliative care (PC). However, the interobserver differences between medical oncologists and PC specialists have never been reported. OBJECTIVES:To determine the interobserver differ...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Kim YJ,Hui D,Zhang Y,Park JC,Chisholm G,Williams J,Bruera E

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) have limited survival. Population studies have evaluated the impact of radiation refusal in the curative setting; however, no data exist concerning the prognostic impact of radiation refusal in the palliative care setting. OBJECTIVES:To investigate th...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Stavas MJ,Arneson KO,Ning MS,Attia AA,Phillips SE,Perkins SM,Shinohara ET

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Accurate prognostic information in palliative care settings is needed for patients to make decisions and set goals and priorities. The Prognosis Palliative Care Study (PiPS) predictor models were presented in 2011, but have not yet been fully validated by other research teams. OBJECTIVES:The primary aim of thi...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Baba M,Maeda I,Morita T,Hisanaga T,Ishihara T,Iwashita T,Kaneishi K,Kawagoe S,Kuriyama T,Maeda T,Mori I,Nakajima N,Nishi T,Sakurai H,Shimoyama S,Shinjo T,Shirayama H,Yamada T,Ono S,Ozawa T,Yamamoto R,Tsuneto S

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:There is limited literature on characteristics of telephone triage programs and the nature of interventions in palliative care. OBJECTIVES:Our aim was to determine frequency and type of care provided by a Supportive Care Center Telephone Triaging Program (SCCTP) in advanced cancer patients (ACPs). METHODS:Ele...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Pimentel LE,Yennurajalingam S,Chisholm G,Edwards T,Guerra-Sanchez M,De La Cruz M,Tanco K,Vidal M,Bruera E

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:The Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS) measures the severity of nine symptoms. Constipation and sleep disturbance are common in patients with cancer, but are not currently included in the ESAS. OBJECTIVES:To validate the numerical rating scale (NRS) versions of ESAS and its revised version (ESAS-r), wit...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Hannon B,Dyck M,Pope A,Swami N,Banerjee S,Mak E,Bryson J,Rodin G,Ridley J,Lo C,Le LW,Zimmermann C

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Increasing interest in end-of-life care has resulted in many tools to measure the quality of care. An important outcome measure of end-of-life care is the family members' or caregivers' experiences of care. OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the instruments currently in use to inform next steps for research and policy in ...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Lendon JP,Ahluwalia SC,Walling AM,Lorenz KA,Oluwatola OA,Anhang Price R,Quigley D,Teno JM

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Does octreotide reduce vomiting in cancer-associated bowel obstruction? OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the net effect of adding octreotide or placebo to standardized therapies on the number of days free of vomiting for populations presenting with vomiting and inoperable bowel obstruction secondary to cancer or its tre...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Currow DC,Quinn S,Agar M,Fazekas B,Hardy J,McCaffrey N,Eckermann S,Abernethy AP,Clark K

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Over the history of palliative care provision in Ireland, services have predominantly provided care to those with cancer. Previous estimates of palliative care need focused primarily on specialist palliative care and included only a limited number of nonmalignant diseases. OBJECTIVES:The primary aim of this st...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Kane PM,Daveson BA,Ryan K,McQuillan R,Higginson IJ,Murtagh FE,BuildCARE.

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Many surveys have evaluated patient-related barriers to pain management. OBJECTIVES:To explore associations between a preference for opioids and general attitudes toward drugs, the experience and information received as a bereaved family, and beliefs regarding a good death. METHODS:A cross-sectional survey, p...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Shinjo T,Morita T,Hirai K,Miyashita M,Shimizu M,Tsuneto S,Shima Y

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Concerns about pain medications are major barriers to pain management in hospice, but few studies have focused on systematic methods to address these concerns. OBJECTIVES:The objective of this study was to test the preliminary efficacy of the Effective Management of Pain: Overcoming Worries to Enable Relief (E...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Cagle JG,Zimmerman S,Cohen LW,Porter LS,Hanson LC,Reed D

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:One palliative care approach that is increasingly being used at home for relieving intolerable suffering in terminally ill patients is continuous sedation until death. Its provision requires a multidisciplinary team approach, with adequate collaboration and communication. However, it is unknown how general prac...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Anquinet L,Rietjens JA,Mathers N,Seymour J,van der Heide A,Deliens L

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Family members of seriously ill patients experience significant burden as they advocate with providers and participate in key decisions for loved ones. Most assessments focus on patient experience, yet family members' own quality of experience is central to comprehensive care. OBJECTIVES:This study validated a...

journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management

authors： Steinhauser KE,Voils CI,Bosworth HB,Tulsky JA

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00