Nurse attitudes towards palliative care for Cancer patients

Chopra, Suksham; Walia, Indarjit; Verma, Prem

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“…There have been a few qualitative studies [ 3 , 10 - 12 ] conducted in India with an intention of understanding professional care providers’ views and experiences working in a palliative care setting. However, to improve the patient care, organizational services, and personal and professional fulfilment of professionals, it’s important to explore and address the psychological and emotional needs as experienced by the cancer palliative care professionals.…”

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“…[1][2][3][4] Research suggests that (a) cancer palliative care professionals experience high levels of burnout, compassion fatigue and psychosocial distress, [5,6] (b) grief held by oncology staff is underappreciated and underestimated, [7] (c) devastating consequences for quality of patient care, [8] and (d) close encounters with death leads to reflections of life and death. [9] ere have been a few qualitative studies [3,[10][11][12] conducted in India with an intention of understanding professional care providers' views and experiences working in a palliative care setting. However, to improve the patient care, organizational services, and personal and professional fulfillment of professionals, it's important to explore and address the psychological and emotional needs as experienced by the cancer palliative care professionals.…”

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Felt Needs of Cancer Palliative Care Professionals Working in India: A Qualitative Study

Kaur

Sharma

Chaturvedi

2021

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Objectives: Cancer palliative care professionals face a plethora of challenges related to death, dying and suffering apart from limited workforce and other resources in India. However, the grief held by them is underappreciated and psychological needs are under explored. The aim of the present study was to explore felt needs of cancer palliative care professionals working in India. Materials and Methods: The study was cross-sectional, qualitative and in-depth in nature. It was conducted across four cancer palliative care centers in Bengaluru city of India. sample consisted of 15 professionals (mean age = 42 years and standard deviation = 8.41) with at least six months of experience, involved in direct patient care who gave an additional consent for audio-recording. The tools used were sociodemographic and professional datasheet and semi-structured interview guide, which were developed for the present study and validated from five experts. Thematic analysis was used to generate and analyze patterns within the qualitative data. Results: Five themes were identified, namely, death and grief; challenges in practice; strategies for self-care; positive professional experiences; and vision for palliative care. Conclusion: The cancer palliative care professionals need regular support in coping with death and grief, regular trainings and supervision across workplace to deal with occupational challenges, and to address their self-care and spiritual needs. The study highlights need to introduce more specialized training courses in handling pediatric patients, increase palliative care workforce, and hospice units. This can have implications in future research and training with development of innovative interventions to address these needs and challenges.

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Felt Needs of Cancer Palliative Care Professionals Working in India: A Qualitative Study

Kaur

Sharma

Chaturvedi

2021

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“…[ 13 ] Research suggests that cancer palliative care professionals are at risk for developing negative consequences for themselves as well as the patient care. [ 6 9 ] Despite the need to address these challenges, there is a dearth of studies in the field of palliative care in India, with only few exploratory studies published [ 3 8 14 15 ] and not even a single study on professional quality of life domains, namely, CS, BO, and STS in cancer palliative care professionals.…”

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Professional quality of life among professional care providers at cancer palliative care centers in Bengaluru, India

Kaur¹,

Sharma²,

Chaturvedi³

2018

Indian J Palliat Care

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Context:Being a professional care provider at cancer palliative care settings is demanding and stressful. Literature has indicated the prevalence of high burnout (BO) and distress; however, there is a dearth of studies in India, with no study available on professional quality of life in the field of palliative care.Aims:The aim of the present study was to explore the professional quality of life, namely-compassion satisfaction [CS], burnout [BO], and secondary traumatic stress [STS] among professional care providers at cancer palliative care centers.Settings and Design:A cross-sectional, descriptive, and quantitative study was carried out at four cancer palliative care centers in Bengaluru after the permissions and ethical approvals.Subjects and Methods:The tools used were brief sociodemographic datasheet and professional quality of life (ProQoL)-Version 5 administered with 65 participants (mean age = 32.5 and standard deviation = 11.78) with work experience of at least 6 months.Analysis:A descriptive, correlational, and inferential analysis of the quantitative data was undertaken.Results:The results revealed that an average level of CS and BO was reported by 32 (49.2%) and 35 (53.8%) study participants, respectively, while 62 (95.4%) participants reported higher STS on ProQoL scale-Version 5. Significant differences in levels of CS, BO, and STS were found based on additional training taken in palliative care (P = 0.01), designation type (P < 0.001), and workplace type (P = 0.01).Conclusion:The overall results strongly suggest that a short intervention targeting STS and BO can help the study population and further enhance their CS and patient care.

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Nurse attitudes towards palliative care for Cancer patients

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Felt Needs of Cancer Palliative Care Professionals Working in India: A Qualitative Study

Felt Needs of Cancer Palliative Care Professionals Working in India: A Qualitative Study

Professional quality of life among professional care providers at cancer palliative care centers in Bengaluru, India

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