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Cost-effectiveness analysis of epidural morphine/ropivacaine treatment in patients with cancer pain
CONCLUSION: To present a better cost-effectiveness ratio, a reduction in the cost of the new epidural technology or an increase in the value of the existing oral intervention would be required. However, the latter is not feasible and unlikely to occur. A value judgement to decide whether the incremental benefit associated with the use of the new intervention is worth the extra cost will have to be made by the healthcare provider. Interventions that can relieve cancer pain symptoms should be investigated continuously, in search of evidence to support clinical practice and promote better quality of life for patients.PMID:374...
Source: Cancer Control - July 27, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Liliana Batista Vieira Carlos Marcelo de Barros Price Udo Price M árcia Helena Miranda Cardoso Podestá Samea Ara újo Pereira Alexander Itria Larissa Helena Torres Leonardo R égis Leira Pereira Source Type: research
Translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the Dignity Therapy Question Protocol to Brazilian Portuguese
This study aimed to translate and culturally adapt the Dignity Therapy Question Protocol (DTQP) to Brazilian Portuguese.METHODS: This was a descriptive and methodological study, and cross-cultural adaptation process comprised 4 stages: (1) translation and synthesis of English original version protocol into Brazilian Portuguese, (2) back translation, (3) experts committee, and (4) pretest.RESULTS: The Portuguese version of the DTQP - Protocolo de Perguntas sobre Terapia da Dignidade - demonstrated a content validity index of 1 for all equivalences. The initial sample consisted of 41 participants (9 [21.9%] refused to partic...
Source: Palliative and Supportive Care - April 13, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Michelle Uchida Miwa Carlos Eduardo Paiva Ana Julia Sucupira Ferreira Miguel Juli ão Harvey Max Chochinov Bianca Sakamoto Ribeiro Paiva Source Type: research
The effectiveness of spiritual care training on medical students' self-reported competencies: A quasi-experimental study
Palliat Support Care. 2023 Apr 12:1-7. doi: 10.1017/S1478951523000408. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVES: To evaluate the effectiveness of spiritual care training on medical students' self-reported competencies.METHODS: This is a quasi-experimental (controlled and non-randomized) study including 115 Brazilian medical students. Participants were enrolled into 2 groups: fourth-year students (n = 64) who received spiritual care training and sixth-year students (n = 51) who did not receive this training - control group (i.e., usual teaching). Participants answered a self-reported Spiritual Care Competence Scale. Compari...
Source: Palliative and Supportive Care - April 12, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Luciano Magalh ães Vitorino Pedro Henrique Machado Teixeira Patricia Cabrelon Dominato Maria Paula Cunha de Azevedo Mariana Maciel Resende Giancarlo Lucchetti Source Type: research
A Qualitative Study of the Limits and Possibilities of Integrating Palliative Care in Heart Failure
Inquiry. 2023 Jan-Dec;60:469580231160897. doi: 10.1177/00469580231160897.ABSTRACTHeart failure is a progressive condition with a high burden of symptoms and clinical decompensations that causes psychological and social suffering, poor quality of life, and limited life expectancy. Therefore, it requires palliative care to control symptoms and signs, but integrating it with clinical care is complicated. We aimed to discuss the limits and possibilities of integrating palliative care in heart failure. This was a qualitative descriptive study. Semi-structured qualitative interviews were carried out between July 2020 and July 20...
Source: Cancer Control - March 31, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Karoliny Alves Santos Liana Amorim Corr êa Trotte Audrei Telles Tereza Cristina Guimar ães Eunice S á Marcelle Miranda da Silva Source Type: research
End-of-life care in Brazilian Pediatric Intensive Care Units
CONCLUSION: Most professionals felt unprepared to forego life-sustaining treatment. Even for terminally ill patients, withholding is preferred over the withdrawal of treatment. Socio-cultural barriers and the lack of adequate training may be contributing to insecurity in the care of terminally ill patients, diverging from practices in other countries.PMID:36963435 | DOI:10.1016/j.jped.2023.02.003
Source: Jornal de Pediatria - March 24, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Ian Teixeira E Sousa Cintia Tavares Cruz Leonardo Cavadas da Costa Soares Grace van Leeuwen Daniel Garros Source Type: research
"M ãos de Conforto" (Hands of Comfort): A novel non-pharmacological intervention to ease agitation in elderly persons with dementia
We report a series of 7 cases in 3 residents with dementia who whore Hands of Comfort.PMID:36788747 | DOI:10.1017/S147895152300007X
Source: Palliative and Supportive Care - February 15, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Miguel Juli ão Eduardo Bruera Carina Silva Jos é Calado M ário Cruz Mar ília Vaz Bianca Sakamoto Ribeiro Paiva Source Type: research
