Aug 22, 2022

More than 60% of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients have chronic discomfort, a clinical issue that is getting less attention. Chronic long-term pain is linked to low quality of life (QoL), mood i...

Aug 22, 2022

National oncology and pediatric organizations view the integration of palliative care (PC) into the treatment of pediatric cancer as best practice. Even while mounting data indicated that embedded mod...

Aug 22, 2022

Although polypharmacy is frequently acceptable for kids with terminal illnesses, it is also linked to an increase in hospitalizations, inappropriate prescriptions, and can negatively impact kids' and ...

Aug 16, 2022

1. Internet-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) may provide greater immediate improvements in insomnia symptoms compared to applied relaxation. 2. After 6 months post-treatment, both treatmen...

Jul 21, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to describe the design and lessons learned for the Pediatric Palliative Care Research Network's Shared Data and Research (SHARE) project, a multicenter prospective coho...

Jul 21, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to present a review of the current research on racial differences in palliative and end-of-life care quality and to highlight gaps in the investigation of the underlyin...

Jul 21, 2022

Precision PROs, a method for customizing pain PROs that can be deployed and examined using standard statistical procedures, were tested by the researchers for a study. People suffering from cancer ...

Jul 21, 2022

To evaluate the construct validity and internal consistency of the 'Care Of the Dying Evaluation' (CODETM) in a global setting. CODETM post-bereavement survey (August 2017 to September 2018). Respo...

Jul 21, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to investigate burnout knowledge, attitudes, and frequency among Hospice and Palliative Medicine (HPM) Fellowship graduates educated at a comprehensive cancer hospital....

Jul 21, 2022

As part of the establishment of a new regional coalition, researchers sought to define the services, training, and education needs of pediatric hospice and palliative care programs throughout the Nort...

Jul 21, 2022

Due to pre-existing high clinical support demands and social engagement constraints, children and young people with life-limiting or life-threatening diseases and their families are potentially vulner...

Jul 21, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to deliver the first nationwide assessment of hospice care quality for Huntington's Disease (HD) patients and their families. They examined caregiver-reported hospic...

Jul 21, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to explain progress accomplished in three important areas throughout those 20 years: palliative care integration into public health systems, access to controlled pharma...

Jul 21, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to examine mindful self-care, self-compassion, and resilience as reported by palliative care clinicians during the COVID-19 pandemic. It was a cross-sectional descri...

Jul 21, 2022

Entrustable professional activities (EPAs) transform abilities into specific, practical words that define the tasks and obligations of physicians who have demonstrated competency and knowledge in a su...

Jul 21, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to determine the relationship between antipsychotic dosage and survival in terminally sick cancer patients with delirium. A multicenter prospective observational stu...

Jul 21, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to identify subgroups of patients with distinct symptom profiles based on their experiences with a pre-specified symptom cluster (i.e., pain, fatigue, depression, sleep...

Jul 21, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to: determine the feasibility of a codesign process to optimize the interprofessional team's and parents' preparation for conducting shared decision-making (SDM)-orient...

Jul 21, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to evaluate the quality of end-of-life care provided to non-small cell lung cancer patients with or without dementia using a Japanese countrywide inpatient database. ...

Jun 29, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to assess pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) patient and family outcomes and the acceptance of a continuous care intensivist (CCI) as an attending. Patient-parent dya...