The COPE Intervention for Caregivers of Patients With Heart Failure

Conceptualising psychological distress in families in palliative care: Findings from a systematic review

“…60,62,66,75 Two studies used the uni-dimensional distress thermometer (DT), 61,65 one study used the structured clinical interview for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV), 73 while the remaining studies used a variety of multi-dimensional tools which spanned general symptom reporting measures, psychometric screening/ assessment measures and quality-of-life measures. Using these categories, a matrix of measures was derived and is presented in Table 3.…”

“…Braun [65,66,77,71] Unitary construct. Non-iteraƟve interacƟon [43,56,58,59,60,61,69,72,74,76,78,79,80] Systemic construct. Two way, iteraƟve interacƟon within dyads only [30,54,55,57,62,63,64,67,68,70,73,75] Systemic construct.…”

Randomized clinical trials in US hospices: challenges and the current state of the art

“…Of the ten articles, six were published in journals that have not endorsed CONSORT guidelines according to the website [15,17,19,[21][22][23]12]. Eight research teams conducted the studies, with a team from the University of South Florida conducting three of the ten studies [20][21][22]. All of the research teams were associated with a variety of departments at US universities; four also included hospice employees [14,[19][20]23].…”

“…In particular, details regarding how participants were randomized, allocation concealment and blinding were often lacking. Of the ten articles, six were published in journals that have not endorsed CONSORT guidelines according to the website [15,17,19,[21][22][23]12]. Eight research teams conducted the studies, with a team from the University of South Florida conducting three of the ten studies [20][21][22].…”

Caring needs in patient-partner dyads affected by heart failure: An evaluation of the long-term effects of a dyadic psycho-educational intervention

“…However, no statistically significant improvement in caregiver QOL could be seen in the partners [84].…”