Journal of pain and symptom management
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J Pain Symptom Manage · Nov 2021
The Supportive Care Needs of Primary Caregivers of Lung Transplant Candidates.
Caring for people with advanced illness has an impact on caregivers' physical, psychological, and emotional health. Patients being evaluated for lung transplantation or those on the transplant waitlist are required to have identified social support. However, little is known about the caregivers' specific supportive care needs. ⋯ A substantial portion of lung transplant caregivers express need for more support. Future research should focus on testing strategies to promote regular assessment of these needs and examining the effectiveness of interdisciplinary interventions to address them.
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J Pain Symptom Manage · Nov 2021
Two Factor Structures Possible for the FACIT-Sp in Patients with Heart Failure.
The Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Spiritual Well-Being Scale (FACIT-Sp) is a 12-item measure of spiritual well-being in chronic illness originally developed in patients with cancer. The overall scale, a two-factor model (meaning/peace, faith), and a three-factor model (meaning, peace, faith) have been proposed for the FACIT-Sp, and consensus on the best factor structure has not been reached. In addition, the factor structure of the FACIT-Sp has not been considered in patients with heart failure. ⋯ This study investigated the factor structure of the FACIT-Sp in patients with heart failure. The two-factor and three-factor models were supported, but the single factor model was not. Negatively worded items did not perform well.
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J Pain Symptom Manage · Nov 2021
Implementation of a palliative hospital-centered spiritual and psychological telehealth system during COVID-19 pandemic.
The severity of the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in limited provision of palliative care and hospital teams have had to rise to the challenge of how to deliver care safely to people with palliative needs. Telehealth interventions have been seen as a useful resource with potential to improve clinical effectiveness. ⋯ This report demonstrates that it is possible to provide spiritual and psychological palliative care to hospitalized patients and families during pandemic restrictions through interdisciplinary telehealth delivery.