Evaluation of quality of life in a palliative care context: an integrative literature review

Correia, Fernanda Ribeiro; Carlo, Marysia Mara Rodrigues do Prado De

doi:10.1590/s0104-11692012000200025

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“…The following reports describe this: At this moment, the importance of professionals' support and communication with the families of patients who will begin to receive palliative care should be emphasized, as this contact is essential to provide high quality services. 24 Based on this fact, the importance of establishing connections between the team and caregiver/family member stands out, as it promotes trust among those involved. The fact that they feel like they have company and are not alone enables most caregivers to express their feelings more easily.…”

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Oncological homecare: family and caregiver perception of palliative care

Oliveira¹,

Souza²,

Bushatsky³

et al. 2017

Escola Anna Nery - Revista De Enfermagem

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Objective: To identify family and caregiver perception of palliative care for patients diagnosed with terminal cancer receiving in-home health services. Methods: A descriptive study with a qualitative approach was conducted with six family members and caregivers of patients receiving in-home palliative care services exclusively provided by the Palliative Care Unit of a referral resumen Objetivo: Conocer la percepción de la familia/cuidador de enfermos con diagnóstico de cáncer terminal en atención domiciliaria sobre cuidados paliativos. Métodos: Investigación descriptiva, cualitativa, realizada con seis cuidadores familiares de pacientes que reciben atendimiento domiciliario en cuidados paliativos exclusivos, prestados por la Unidad de Cuidados Paliativos de un hospital de referencia. Los datos fueron recolectados en el periodo de septiembre a octubre de 2015, através de entrevista semiestructurada que utilizó el Análisis de Contenido de Bardin. Resultados: Emergieron las siguientes temáticas: Rutina del familiar/cuidador frente a los cuidados paliativos; Equipo de cuidados paliativos: Apoyo al familiar/cuidador; Conciencia del familiar/cuidador sobre cuidados paliativos; Sentimientos del familiar/cuidador en cuidados paliativos; Vivencia del familiar/ cuidador sobre cuidados paliativos en el hogar. Conclusión: Se posibilitó rescatar la importancia de los cuidados paliativos en el hogar como posibilidad de minimizar el impacto del sufrimiento con la enfermedad y asegurar la dignidad en el morir.

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confidence: 99%

Oncological homecare: family and caregiver perception of palliative care

Oliveira¹,

Souza²,

Bushatsky³

et al. 2017

Escola Anna Nery - Revista De Enfermagem

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“…It is also noticed that despite the advances, the complexity of the situations involving this care modality brings difficulties to health professionals regarding the management of physical, psychosocial and spiritual symptoms and suffering that directly interfere in the QoL. Therefore, assessment measures are necessary to identify the demands in evaluating the services and care offered, and mainly in the definition of more suitable and individualized conducts (6) . Thus, the objective of this study was to analyze the relationship between social support, QoL and depression in patients eligible for PC attended by PHC of a municipality in the interior of Minas Gerais state, Brazil.…”

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Interface between social support, quality of life and depression in users eligible for palliative care

Azevedo

Pessalácia

Mata

et al. 2017

Rev. esc. enferm. USP

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Objective: Analyzing the relationship between social support, quality of life and depression in patients eligible for palliative care at Primary Health Care of a municipality in the interior of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Method: A correlational cross-sectional study carried out with patients treated in six primary health care units. Data were submitted to descriptive statistical analysis, tests for differences between averages and medians, and correlation tests. The significance level was 0.05. Results: The sample consisted of 115 participants, and it was identified that the higher the social support, the better the global quality of life (p<0.001) and functional quality of life (p=0.035); the greater the presence of physical symptoms, the lower the level of social support (p=0.012) and the higher the level of depression (p<0.001); the higher the symptoms of depression, the worse the global quality of life (p<0.001), functional quality of life (p<0.001) and the lower the levels of social support (p<0.001). Conclusion: Levels of quality of life, social support and depression of patients eligible for palliative care are influenced by socioeconomic factors such as marital status, gender, age, income, education and presence of a caregiver.

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“…It is worth mentioning that during the initial search, two records of integrative review were found, one of which addressed the POS validation studies 14 and the other, the impact of APCA POS as a tool to improve patient care quality and their families 15 (though, been secondary sources of data, these two studies were not eligible). …”

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The Palliative Outcome Scale (POS) applied to clinical practice and research: an integrative review

Rugno

Carlo

2016

Rev. Latino-Am. Enfermagem

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Objective: to identify and evaluate the evidence found in the international scientific literature on the application of the Palliative Outcome Scale (POS) in clinical practice and research in Palliative Care (PC).Method: integrative literature review, through the search of publications in journals indexed in PubMed / MEDLINE, LILACS, SciELO and CINAHL databases, between the years 1999 and 2014. Results: the final sample consisted of 11 articles. In the data analysis, the articles were classified into 2 units of analysis (studies using the POS as a resource in research and studies using the POS in clinical practice), in which the information was presented in the form of sub-themes related to publications of the selected studies, highlighting the synthesis of the results. Conclusion: POS emerged as an important tool for measuring outcomes to assess the quality of life of patients and families, of the quality of care provided and the PC service organization. The international scientific literature on the application of POS proved to be relevant to the advancement and consolidation of the field of knowledge related to PC.

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Evaluation of quality of life in a palliative care context: an integrative literature review

Cited by 16 publications

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Oncological homecare: family and caregiver perception of palliative care

Oncological homecare: family and caregiver perception of palliative care

Interface between social support, quality of life and depression in users eligible for palliative care

The Palliative Outcome Scale (POS) applied to clinical practice and research: an integrative review

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