Journal of pain and symptom management
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J Pain Symptom Manage · Feb 2022
Randomized Controlled TrialA Motivational Interviewing Intervention Improves Physical Symptoms in Patients with Heart Failure: A Secondary Outcome Analysis of the MOTIVATE-HF Randomized Controlled Trial.
Heart failure (HF) patients experience high burden of physical symptoms during their disease trajectory. ⋯ MI reduces the burden of physical HF symptoms, particularly when caregivers are involved in the intervention.
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J Pain Symptom Manage · Feb 2022
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter StudyAcupuncture for Quality of Life in Gastric Cancer Patients Undergoing Adjuvant Chemotherapy.
Patients with gastric cancer experience health-related quality of life (HRQOL) decline during adjuvant chemotherapy following gastrectomy. ⋯ EA showed promising effects in improving HRQOL, controlling symptom burden, and reducing toxicity during adjuvant chemotherapy in gastric cancer patients. Future adequately powered trials are feasible and needed to confirm the specific effect of EA.
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J Pain Symptom Manage · Feb 2022
Randomized Controlled TrialCompletion of Patient-Reported Outcome Questionnaires among Older Adults with Advanced Cancer.
Systematic collection of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) reduces symptom burden and improves quality of life. The ability of older adults to complete PROs, however, has not been thoroughly studied. ⋯ Over a quarter of older adults with advanced cancer in this study received assistance completing PROs. Completing PROs is a key aspect of many clinical programs and cancer trials; assistance in completing PROs should be offered and provided.
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J Pain Symptom Manage · Jan 2022
Randomized Controlled TrialA randomized controlled pilot study of Yoga Skills Training versus an attention control delivered during chemotherapy administration.
It is important to address fatigue and co-occurring symptoms during chemotherapy to preserve quality of life in patients with gastrointestinal (GI) cancer. ⋯ YST showed promise for improving fatigue, depressive symptoms, sleep disturbances, and inflammation. YST is also feasible and reaches patients underrepresented in yoga research (i.e., GI cancer, men), thus warranting further examination.
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J Pain Symptom Manage · Jan 2022
Randomized Controlled TrialAn early palliative care telehealth coaching intervention to enhance advanced cancer family caregivers' decision support skills: The CASCADE pilot factorial trial.
Patients with advanced cancer often involve family caregivers in health-related decision-making from diagnosis to end-of-life; however, few interventions have been developed to enhance caregiver decision support skills. ⋯ We pilot tested components of CASCADE, an early palliative care decision support training intervention for family caregivers of patients with advanced cancer. CASCADE components were acceptable and the trial design feasible, providing promising future directions for palliative care intervention development and testing. Pilot results will inform a fully-powered trial.