Articles: palliative-care.
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J Pain Symptom Manage · Jul 2021
Design and evaluation of a novel mobile phone application to improve palliative home-care in resource-limited settings.
Mobile health (mHealth) provides an opportunity to use internet coverage in low- and middle-income countries to improve palliative care access and quality. ⋯ An outcomes-focused app and data dashboard are acceptable to caregivers and health-care professionals. They are beneficial in identifying, monitoring, and communicating patient outcomes and in allocating staff resource to those most in need.
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J Pain Symptom Manage · Jul 2021
Healthcare Providers' Attitudes and Beliefs on Providing Palliative Care to Patients in Bahrain: Findings From a Qualitative Study.
Present studies suggested that cultural and religious factors, as well as law and policy, may have impeded the advancement of palliative care in the Middle East. Little is known about health care providers' perceptions of palliative care and the barriers to its development in the Gulf Cooperation Council. ⋯ This study unveiled the perceptions of palliative care among health care professionals in a Gulf Cooperation Council country. Six major barriers that hindered palliative care practice were identified. Future health care policy in the region needs to address these barriers within the current health care system while taking culture, religion, and social factors into consideration.
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Palliative medicine · Jul 2021
Health and social care professionals' experiences of providing end of life care during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study.
Health and social care professionals' ability to address the needs of patients and their relatives at end of life is likely to have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. ⋯ There is a need for flexible visiting arrangements at end of life during a pandemic. A systems-level approach is necessary to promote the wellbeing of health and social care professionals providing end of life care during and after a pandemic.
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Tohoku J. Exp. Med. · Jul 2021
High Feasibility and Safety, but Negligible Efficacy of Acupressure for Treating Nausea in Cancer Patients Admitted to the Palliative Care Unit: A Pilot Study.
Management of nausea is an important dimension of palliative care. The first choice for treating nausea is antiemetics, but their efficacy is inadequate. Acupressure intervention for nausea in cancer patients has been studied as a non-pharmacological therapy, and appears to have had some effect. ⋯ Four patients exhibited decreased nausea but there was no statistically significant difference (P = 0.5). We suggested that acupressure has high feasibility and safety, as an intervention for patients with terminal cancer. However, no significant differences were observed regarding its effect on nausea.
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J Pain Symptom Manage · Jul 2021
Health care professionals' experiences with pre-loss care in pediatrics; goals, strategies, obstacles and facilitators.
Although parents experience grief when confronted with their child's deterioration and imminent death, most bereavement care is focused on supporting parents after child loss. Insight into intentions and strategies of the health care professionals (HCPs) in preloss care during the end of life is still lacking. ⋯ HCPs strive to improve parental coping after the child's death, yet apply strategies that positively influence parental preparedness and well-being during the end of life as well. Individual HCPs are left with many uncertainties. A more robust approach based on theory, evidence, and training is needed to improve preloss care in pediatrics.