Journal of pain and symptom management
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J Pain Symptom Manage · Apr 2015
ReviewMedication and monitoring in palliative sedation therapy: a systematic review and quality assessment of published guidelines.
Palliative sedation therapy (PST) is increasingly used in patients at the end of life. However, consensus about medications and monitoring is lacking. ⋯ The published guidelines on PST vary considerably regarding their quality and content on drugs and monitoring. Given the need for clear guidance regarding PST in patients at the end of life, this comparative analysis may serve as a starting point for further improvement.
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J Pain Symptom Manage · Apr 2015
ReviewA systematic review of strategies used to increase recruitment of people with cancer or organ failure into clinical trials: implications for palliative care research.
The challenges of palliative care clinical trial recruitment are well documented. ⋯ Successful strategies from other disciplines could be considered by palliative care researchers. Tailored, efficient, evidence-based strategies must be developed, acknowledging that strategies with face validity are not necessarily the most effective.
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J Pain Symptom Manage · Apr 2015
ReviewA systematic review of strategies used to increase recruitment of people with cancer or organ failure into clinical trials: implications for palliative care research.
The challenges of palliative care clinical trial recruitment are well documented. ⋯ Successful strategies from other disciplines could be considered by palliative care researchers. Tailored, efficient, evidence-based strategies must be developed, acknowledging that strategies with face validity are not necessarily the most effective.
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J Pain Symptom Manage · Apr 2015
ReviewTherapeutic life review in palliative care: a systematic review of quantitative evaluations.
There is increasing interest in providing nonpharmacological treatments, including therapeutic life review interventions, to enhance palliative care patients' existential/spiritual domains. ⋯ There are few studies evaluating therapeutic life review interventions, although results are promising. Further studies are required that use stricter selection criteria to demonstrate efficacy before these interventions are adopted into clinical practice. Further study may include the effect of these interventions on the interventionist and the bereaved family and caregivers in long-term follow-up.
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J Pain Symptom Manage · Apr 2015
ReviewTherapeutic life review in palliative care: a systematic review of quantitative evaluations.
There is increasing interest in providing nonpharmacological treatments, including therapeutic life review interventions, to enhance palliative care patients' existential/spiritual domains. ⋯ There are few studies evaluating therapeutic life review interventions, although results are promising. Further studies are required that use stricter selection criteria to demonstrate efficacy before these interventions are adopted into clinical practice. Further study may include the effect of these interventions on the interventionist and the bereaved family and caregivers in long-term follow-up.