How short is too short? A randomised controlled trial evaluating short-term existential behavioural therapy for informal caregivers of palliative patients.

CONCLUSION: Inclusion rate was tripled compared with a previously evaluated longer EBT group intervention. By shortening the intervention, inclusion rate was traded for effectiveness and the intervention could not impact caregivers' psychological state. Early integration of sEBT and combination of individual and group setting and further study of the optimal length for caregiver interventions are suggested. PMID: 32348699 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Palliative Medicine - April 28, 2020 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Kühnel MB, Marchioro L, Deffner V, Bausewein C, Seidl H, Siebert S, Fegg M Tags: Palliat Med Source Type: research