Articles: caregivers.
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Palliative medicine · Dec 2020
Poor physical and mental health predicts prolonged grief disorder: A prospective, population-based cohort study on caregivers of patients at the end of life.
The health of caregivers can be affected during end-of-life caregiving. Previous cross-sectional studies have indicated an association between poor health status and prolonged grief disorder, but prospective studies are lacking. ⋯ Caregivers scored lower on one physical subscale and all mental health measures than the general population. Prolonged grief disorder was predicted by poor physical and mental health status before bereavement. Future research is needed on the use of health status in systematic assessment to identify caregivers in need of support.
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To describe the use and perception of the need for assistive devices and identify their relationship with instruments to measure dependence and caregiver burden. ⋯ There is a strong association between the level of dependence and the use of these devices. However, there is a high percentage of the sample that do not have the products that they need, which are associated with the socioeconomic situation of the household as well as with the characteristics of the dependent person and the caregiver.
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Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med · Dec 2020
Multicenter StudyPsychological Impact of COVID-19 on ICU Caregivers.
Just as every pandemic, COVID-19 could lead to emotional and psychological disturbances among caregivers, especially in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), where significant stress related to the influx of patients, exposure to the virus and the lack of documentation on this new SARS occurred. The present study aimed at assessing the psychological impact of COVID-19 on the caregivers at the peak of the "crisis period". ⋯ COVID-19 could have a strong impact on ICU workers. These findings should lead to prevention procedures (ICU training sessions) in persons at risk.
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Doctor shopping, double doctoring, and overlapping prescriptions are often used as synonyms for multiple physician appointments in the same disease episode. Such behaviours translate into poor patient satisfaction and patient-doctor communication as well as abuse or misuse of drugs, increasing health care costs and resulting in negative health consequences. This systematic review of the literature was conducted to identify factors that drive doctor-shopping behaviour in children's caregivers. ⋯ The knowledge about doctor shopping by children's caregivers is limited, despite that this is a frequent behaviour. There is a need for further research covering a broader range of diseases. The causes and consequences of doctor shopping should be sought as well to investigate its relation to health care regulations and possibility to reduce unnecessary medical resource utilization.
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JBI evidence synthesis · Dec 2020
ReviewPatient, parent/carer, and health care professional experience of medication adherence in children and adolescents with asthma: a qualitative systematic review protocol.
This systematic review aims to identify and synthesize available qualitative evidence related to patient, parent/carer, and health care professional experiences of medication adherence in children and adolescents with asthma. ⋯ A three-stage search will be conducted and will include published and gray literature. Databases to be searched include CINAHL, Embase, PubMed, PyscINFO, Scopus, and Web of Science. Only studies published in English will be considered, with no date limitation. Identified studies will be screened for inclusion by two independent reviewers. Data will be extracted using a standardized tool, and reviewers will discuss any disagreement. Data synthesis will adhere to the meta-aggregative approach to categorize findings. The categories will be synthesized into a set of findings that can be applied as evidence-based practice.