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Study design A prospective cross-sectional design was adopted in this study using a web-based survey. Setting Data were collected through an online survey conducted by an Internet survey company (Macromill…
In Thailand, the palliative care system has not been well-established despite an increasing number of patients with incurable illnesses. This study describes the characteristics of palliative patients who visited the…
Study characteristics Our systematic electronic literature search yielded 30 relevant publications that used a qualitative design in their study (Table 2) [34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63]. Articles reporting on these studies were published between 2004…
Of the 18 LTC facilities who provided contact persons, only 16 provided data. Across these 16 LTC facilities, 471 residents were recorded as having died in 2019. Until April 2020…
The threefold consultation service during the intervention period Table 3 shows the number of social service and palliative care professionals who took part and the activities within the three regions. Table…
Participants’ demographics We included 16 nurses and 16 physicians and held five focus-group discussions between July and August 2019. We conducted two focus-group discussions in Dharmais (one with seven physicians…
We identified six key themes related to ways in which equity was reflected in palliative care policies and initiatives, and evidence gaps and research priorities to inform equity-oriented palliative care…
This study demonstrated a range of challenges experienced by prostate cancer family caregivers in the Cape Coast metropolis. Family caregivers are faced with diverse challenges as they take up the…
Bodenheimer T, Lorig K, Holman H, Grumbach K. Patient self-management of chronic disease in primary care. JAMA. 2002;288(19):2469–75. PubMed Article Google Scholar Coughlin S, Roberts D, O’Neill K, Brooks P.…
Themes with codes common to all data Pain and symptoms controlled Having “Pain and Symptoms Controlled” is essential for physical functioning and supports all other themes. Nevertheless, it is insufficient…