The effect of an educational palliative care intervention on the quality of life of patients with incurable cancer and their caregivers
| Autor: | Ebru Küçük, Büşra Halimoğlu, Kıymet Yeşilçiçek Çalik |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Palliative care Descriptive statistics business.industry Palliative Care Caregiver burden Vitality Mental health Oncology Quality of life Caregivers Intervention (counseling) Family medicine Neoplasms Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing Global health Quality of Life Medicine Humans business |
| Zdroj: | Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer. 30(3) |
| ISSN: | 1433-7339 |
| Popis: | PURPOSE The study aims to determine the effect of educational intervention provided to caregivers of hospitalized patients with terminal cancer theoretically, practically, and visually on their own and patients' quality of life. METHODS This quasi-experimental study was conducted at a palliative care unit in Turkey between January and June 2019. The study included 35 hospitalized patients with cancer and 35 caregivers. Caregivers were provided with educational intervention three times a week apart. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, Friedman test, and iterative analysis of variance. RESULTS After the educational intervention, there was an increase in cancer patients' emotional function sub-scale and global health and decrease in their fatigue and nausea-vomiting symptoms (p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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