Articles: caregivers.
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Oncology nursing forum · Oct 2002
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Clinical TrialThe usefulness of a daily pain management diary for outpatients with cancer-related pain.
To describe the usefulness of daily pain management diaries to outpatients with cancer who participated in a randomized clinical trial of the PRO-SELF Pain Control Program. ⋯ Research-based evidence supports the importance of using a daily pain management diary in clinical practice.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Patients' and carers' preferences in two models of care for acute exacerbations of COPD: results of a randomised controlled trial.
Patients with an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) were randomised to either hospital at home (HaH) or inpatient management, and patient and carer preferred site of management and satisfaction with care received in the two arms was determined. ⋯ The results of this study show that both patients and carers were significantly more likely to prefer domiciliary care if they were in the HaH arm. Since patients had to be willing to be looked after at home, both patients' and carers' perceptions of the benefits of HaH care were reinforced by their experience. HaH care of acute exacerbations of COPD is the preferred option in suitable patients.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical Trial
Patient and carer satisfaction with 'hospital at home': quantitative and qualitative results from a randomised controlled trial.
'Hospital At Home' schemes are set to increase in the United Kingdom (UK) in response to the NHS Plan. To date, little detailed work has been done on the acceptability of these schemes to patients and their carers. ⋯ Patient satisfaction was greater with Hospital at Home than with hospital. Reasons included a more personal style of care and a feeling that staying at home was therapeutic. Carers did not feel that Hospital at Home imposed an extra workload.
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Arch Pediat Adol Med · Nov 2001
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialThe influence of grandmothers and other senior caregivers on sleep position used by African American infants.
To describe beliefs about infant sleep position among African American grandmothers and other older caregivers (senior caregivers [SCGs]) and to measure the incremental effect on the rates of prone sleep after educating a group of African American SCGs. ⋯ Most African American women and SCGs endorsed the supine sleeping position for infants. Among a group of African American infants, prenatal teaching of their grandmothers and other SCGs did not have a statistically significant incremental effect on the rates of the usual prone sleeping position. Contrary to our starting hypothesis, the SCGs of pregnant women who receive prenatal care seemed responsive to messages about supine sleeping. The Back-to-Sleep message should be delivered prenatally, but special prenatal interventions should attempt to reach women who do not receive prenatal care and SCGs who persist in their opposition to the supine sleeping position.
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Oncology nursing forum · Aug 2001
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Clinical TrialImproving depressive symptoms among caregivers of patients with cancer: results of a randomized clinical trial.
Determine the impact of a 16-week supportive nursing intervention on caregivers of patients with newly diagnosed cancer. ⋯ Nurses must be vigilant in monitoring caregivers for signs of depression and must intervene to provide emotional support and make appropriate referrals for follow-up care to promote positive outcomes for patients and caregivers.