2010
DOI: 10.1097/ncc.0b013e3181d55f9b
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"Moving Swiftly On." Psychological Support Provided by District Nurses to Patients With Palliative Care Needs

Abstract: District nurses have a potentially important role in assessing and meeting cancer patients' psychological needs, but appear to lack confidence and skills. District nurses need to be taught a simple intervention based on active listening and problem solving to assess and manage mild psychological morbidity.

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“…For example in our observation study of palliative home care we found that DNs tend to avoid cancer patients' cues of distress and block exploration of their concerns (Griffiths et al, 2010).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 98%
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“…For example in our observation study of palliative home care we found that DNs tend to avoid cancer patients' cues of distress and block exploration of their concerns (Griffiths et al, 2010).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 98%
“…DNs are confident and skilled in providing practical support and physical care (Griffiths et al, 2012) and are ideally placed to identify and respond to psychological concerns Pateman, 2003;Kennedy, 2005;Griffiths et al, 2010).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Also, the GPs and DNs may have less time to address psychosocial issues or may find addressing them difficult. 23,24 It remains to be seen whether case management is the best solution, or whether the GP and DN should be involved earlier.…”
Section: Case Management Is Delivered To Cancer Patientsmentioning
confidence: 98%
“…Esto ha supuesto la pérdida de información así como dificultades a la hora de generalizar los resultados a la población. Además, se han encontrado trabajos que no cuentan con grupo control (11,23) , ausencia de un procedimiento de aleatorización adecuado (77) , ausencia de control de las variables (50,61,(78)(79)(80) ; falta de equivalencia entre el grupo control y el grupo experimental en características clínicas, sociodemográficas, entre otras, dificultad para la clarificación de las condiciones que hacen más o menos efectiva una intervención (50,(81)(82)(83) , uso de muestras demasiado homogéneas (77,84) con la consiguiente dificultad de generalización, ausencia de seguimientos a largo plazo (83) , problemas con los instrumentos de medida utilizados y los análisis estadís-ticos (82,85) y el uso de estudios retrospectivos (86) . Todo ello, en muchos casos, obliga a tomar con cautela los resultados obtenidos, dificulta la comparación objetiva de los datos proporcionados por los distintos estudios, la obtención de conclusiones vá-lidas y, por lo tanto, la generalización de los resultados con las garantías metodoló-gicas necesarias.…”
Section: Discusión/conclusionesunclassified