Journal of pain and symptom management
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Direct care workers in long-term care can develop close relationships with their patients and subsequently experience significant grief after patient death. Consequences of this experience for employment outcomes have received little attention. ⋯ Findings suggest that grief over patient death plays an overlooked role in direct care worker burnout. High supervisor support and caregiving benefits may have protective effects with respect to burnout, whereas high coworker support may constitute a reflection of burnout.
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J Pain Symptom Manage · Sep 2017
Psychometric properties of the Greek version of the Patient Dignity Inventory in advanced cancer patients.
The patient dignity inventory (PDI) is an instrument to measure dignity distressing aspects at the end of life. ⋯ The Greek version of the PDI showed good psychometric properties in advanced cancer patients, supported the usefulness of the instrument assessing the sense of dignity distressing aspects of the terminally ill cancer patients.
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J Pain Symptom Manage · Sep 2017
Translation and Psychometric Testing of the Persian Version of the Spiritual Needs Questionnaire among elders with chronic diseases.
Spirituality plays an important role in coping with chronic diseases for patients and they often report unmet spiritual and existential needs, which should be considered for a holistic view of their health. Studying spiritual needs in this generation requires culturally appropriate and valid instruments. The aim of this study is to determine the psychometric properties, such as validity, reliability, and factor structure of the Persian version of Spiritual Needs Questionnaire (SpNQ). ⋯ The SpNQ-PV showed a minor difference in structuring and indicated good psychometric properties, which can be used to assess the spiritual needs of Iranian elders suffering from chronic diseases.