Oncol Nurs Forum. 2022 Aug 18;49(5):445-453. doi: 10.1188/22.ONF.445-453.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVES: Hematologic malignancies (HMs) are life-threatening cancers that frequently entail aggressive, long, inpatient treatment protocols. This can result in numerous concurrent symptoms and decreased quality of life for patients and can affect family caregivers (FCs). This study examined the impact of an HM diagnosis on patients and on their FCs.SAMPLE & SETTING: A descriptive design was used to explore the experiences of 28 newly diagnosed patients and their FCs. All patients were receiving treatment on an inpatient acute oncology unit at a National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center.METHODS & VARIABLES: Semistructured, separate interviews with…
Origen: Impact of a Hematologic Malignancy Diagnosis and Treatment on Patients and Their Family Caregivers – PubMed

J Palliat Med. 2022 Sep;25(9):1326-1327. doi: 10.1089/jpm.2022.0234.NO ABSTRACTPMID:36066947 | DOI:10.1089/jpm.2022.0234
Origen: <em>Letter to the Editor:</em> Tele-Palliative Care among Underserved Patients: Considerations for Future Research to Ensure Equity for All Patients – PubMed

J Palliat Med. 2022 Sep;25(9):1332-1334. doi: 10.1089/jpm.2022.0256.NO ABSTRACTPMID:36066948 | DOI:10.1089/jpm.2022.0256
Origen: <em>Letter to the Editor:</em> Offering Dignity Therapy to a Muslim Patient-Caregiver Dyad Assisted in Palliative Care: Multidisciplinary Intervention with the Essential Role of an Official Interpreter – PubMed

Palliat Med. 2022 Sep;36(8):1273-1284. doi: 10.1177/02692163221113163. Epub 2022 Aug 11.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Theory-based and qualitative evaluations in pilot trials of complex clinical interventions help to understand quantitative results, as well as inform the feasibility and design of subsequent effectiveness and implementation trials.AIM: To explore patient, family, clinician and volunteer (‘stakeholder’) perspectives of the feasibility and acceptability of a multicomponent non-pharmacological delirium prevention intervention for adult patients with advanced cancer in four Australian palliative care units that participated in a phase II trial, the ‘PRESERVE pilot study’.DESIGN: A trial-embedded qualitative study via semi-structured interviews and directed content analysis using Michie’s Behaviour Change Wheel…
Origen: Stakeholder perspectives of a pilot multicomponent delirium prevention intervention for adult patients with advanced cancer in palliative care units: A behaviour change theory-based qualitative study – PubMed

Palliat Med. 2022 Sep;36(8):1285-1295. doi: 10.1177/02692163221114536. Epub 2022 Aug 11.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is a constant challenge for health care systems, also in Germany. Care of seriously ill and dying people and their relatives is often neglected and suffering increased due to sub-optimal symptom management, visiting restrictions and lonely dying. The project «Palliative Care in Pandemics (PallPan)» intended to develop a national strategy including evidence- and consensus-based recommendations for the care of seriously ill and dying people and their relatives during pandemic times in Germany.AIM: To reach consensus on evidence-based recommendations for the care of seriously ill and dying people…
Origen: Development of a national strategy with recommendations for the care of seriously ill and dying people and their relatives in pandemics: A modified Delphi study – PubMed