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Patient and caregiver reciprocal support: Impact on decision making in specialist palliative care
Patients and informal caregivers in palliative care can reciprocate in supporting one another. However, how reciprocal support among patients and informal caregivers in palliative care impacts on their decision making for care is not well understood.
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - August 4, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Rachel McCauley, Prof. Karen Ryan, Dr Regina McQuillan, Dr Geraldine Foley Tags: nOriginal Article Source Type: research
Buccal methadone for severe cancer pain: a case report
Malignant bowel obstruction describes the mechanical and/or functional obstruction of the intestine secondary to cancer and its sequelae that prevents physiological transit of nutrients and digestion (1). It is most often experienced by people with cancer originating in the abdomen or pelvis and is relatively common in advanced disease with an incidence of 10-28% in those with gastrointestinal cancers and up to 51% of women with advanced ovarian cancer (2-4). Prognosis is usually poor with a mean survival of four to six weeks (1,5).
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - August 4, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Laura Kirkham, Samantha Kay, Alison Phippen, Sarah Clelland, Jennie Pickard, Lesley Anne Henson Tags: Palliative Care Rounds Source Type: research
Factors associated with knowledge of diagnosis, prognosis & amp; distress in cancer patients receiving palliative care - A retrospective cohort analysis
CONCLUSIONS: Higher educational levels and better socio-economic status increase the likelihood of patients being aware of their diagnosis and prognosis. Being unaware of the prognosis remains associated with the higher level of distress.PMID:37530312
Source: The Indian Journal of Medical Research - August 2, 2023 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Sathish Kumar Deenadayalan Kalpana Balakrishnan Sundaramoorthy Chidambaram Source Type: research
Comparative effectiveness of verbal instruction versus video-based education (VIVid) among family caregivers for improving the quality of life in advanced head and neck cancer patients receiving palliative care in Eastern India: a randomized controlled trial
CONCLUSION: VBE intervention using smart-phone may offer caregivers a viable means of enhancing self-management while improving patients' QoL within the socio-cultural challenges for home-based palliative care in India. Further research on training caregivers using digital interventions and home-based visits is recommended.TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: CTRI/2021/06/034473 [Registered on: 30/06/2021].PMID:37530959 | DOI:10.1007/s11136-023-03484-0
Source: Cancer Control - August 2, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Sri Priya Narayanan Sumita Mohanty Bidhu Kalyan Mohanti Hemamalini Rath Shrikant Atreya Archana Rout Shilpa Mahapatra Source Type: research
Factors associated with knowledge of diagnosis, prognosis & amp; distress in cancer patients receiving palliative care - A retrospective cohort analysis
CONCLUSIONS: Higher educational levels and better socio-economic status increase the likelihood of patients being aware of their diagnosis and prognosis. Being unaware of the prognosis remains associated with the higher level of distress.PMID:37530312
Source: Indian J Med Res - August 2, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Sathish Kumar Deenadayalan Kalpana Balakrishnan Sundaramoorthy Chidambaram Source Type: research
