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The perceptions of palliative care medical practitioners towards oral health: A descriptive qualitative study

Palliat Med. 2024 Mar;38(3):310-319. doi: 10.1177/02692163241233974.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Oral health problems are common, but often overlooked, among people receiving palliative care.AIM: To better understand how oral health can be addressed in this population, this study aimed to explore the perceptions of oral health care among medical practitioners who provide palliative care to inform the development of a palliative oral health care program.DESIGN: A descriptive qualitative design was adopted.SETTING/PARTICIPANTS: A single focus group was conducted with 18 medical practitioners at a palliative care facility in Sydney, Australia. All participants had experience providing palliative care services to clients. The focus group was audio recorded,…
Origen: The perceptions of palliative care medical practitioners towards oral health: A descriptive qualitative study – PubMed

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Improving family grief outcomes: A scoping review of family-based interventions before and after the death of a child

Palliat Med. 2024 Mar;38(3):389-395. doi: 10.1177/02692163241233958. Epub 2024 Mar 4.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Experiencing the illness and death of a child is a traumatic experience for the parents and the child’s siblings. However, knowledge regarding effective grief interventions targeting the whole family is limited, including how to integrate age-appropriate support for siblings.AIM: We aimed to synthesize the empirical literature regarding grief interventions that target the whole family before and/or after the death of a child.DESIGN: A scoping review following the Joanna Briggs Institute and Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) guidelines.DATA SOURCES: We searched PubMed, PsycINFO,…
Origen: Improving family grief outcomes: A scoping review of family-based interventions before and after the death of a child – PubMed

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Nursing-care for family caregivers of terminally ill cancer patients to enhance preparedness for death

Nagoya J Med Sci. 2024 Feb;86(1):121-134. doi: 10.18999/nagjms.86.1.121.ABSTRACTFamily caregivers of terminally ill cancer patients prepare for a patient’s death. Nursing-care for preparedness is effective for their psychological health. This study aims to structuralize nursing-care for preparedness and extract related factors while presenting the implications for improved quality of care. Data from a cross-sectional survey of general ward and palliative care unit nurses in designated cancer care hospitals (n=561) was analyzed with exploratory factor analysis and multiple regression analyses. The results of the analysis, the structure was classified into «Nurse-centered support» and «Support through inter-professional work.» Both supports were practiced significantly…
Origen: Nursing-care for family caregivers of terminally ill cancer patients to enhance preparedness for death – PubMed

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Integrating palliative care education in pulmonary rehabilitation: a randomized controlled study protocol

BMC Palliat Care. 2024 Mar 20;23(1):76. doi: 10.1186/s12904-024-01363-0.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Palliative care addresses multiple unmet needs of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or interstitial lung diseases (ILD) and their family and/or friend caregivers, but it remains highly underused. Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) may provide a key opportunity to introduce palliative care. We aim to explore the effects of palliative care education as part of PR on knowledge about this field in people with COPD or ILD and their family and/or friend caregivers.METHODS: A randomized controlled study will compare PR with palliative care education (experimental) with traditional PR (control) in people with…
Origen: Integrating palliative care education in pulmonary rehabilitation: a randomized controlled study protocol – PubMed

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The specialized pediatric palliative care service in Italy: how is it working? Results of the nationwide PalliPed study

Ital J Pediatr. 2024 Mar 19;50(1):55. doi: 10.1186/s13052-024-01604-1.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Accurate estimation of the specialized pediatric palliative care (PPC) burden and the definition of the extent and quality of PPC service in Italy represent urgent needs to enable the proper allocation of PPC resources and the definition of prevention and educational plans. The PalliPed project aimed to provide the first comprehensive assessment of the characteristics of Italian patients requiring PPC, the quality and extent of regional PPC networks/facilities, and the number of dedicated resources. In this paper, we present the results of the second part of the project, regarding the implementation and…
Origen: The specialized pediatric palliative care service in Italy: how is it working? Results of the nationwide PalliPed study – PubMed

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