The long-term effect of a population-based educational intervention focusing on end-of-life home care, life-prolongation treatment, and knowledge about palliative care

Journal of Palliative Care

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 206-212

  Kazuki, Sato ^a   Mitsunori, Miyashita ^a   Tatsuya, Morita ^b   Masao, Suzuki ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b SEIREI MIKATAHARA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Fukushima Prefectural Government   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349683058     PISSN: 08258597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/082585970902500308     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. (Pubitemid 46740213) Miyashita M, Sanjo M, Morita T, et al. Barriers to providing palliative care and priorities for future actions to advance palliative care in Japan: a nationwide expert opinion survey. J Palliat Med 2007; 10 (2) : 390-399.
2. (Pubitemid 38771660) Yabroff KR, Mandelblatt JS, Ingham J. The quality of medical care at the end-of-life in the USA: existing barriers and examples of process and outcome measures. Palliat Med 2004; 18 (3) : 202-216.
3. Daugherty CK, Steensma DP. Overcoming obstacles to hospice care: an ethical examination of inertia and inaction. J Clin Oncol 2002; 20 (11) : 2752-2755.
4. Feeg VD, Elebiary H. Exploratory study on end-of-life issues: barriers to palliative care and advance directives. Am J Hosp Palliat Care 2005; 22 (2) : 119-124.
5. (Pubitemid 43327160) Casarett D, Van Ness PH, O'Leary JR, et al. Are patient preferences for life-sustaining treatment really a barrier to hospice enrollment for older adults with serious illness? J Am Geriatr Soc 2006; 54 (3) : 472-478.
6. (Pubitemid 35284269) Gunnarsdottir S, Donovan HS, Serlin RC, et al. Patient-related barriers to pain management: the Barriers Questionnaire II (BQ-II). Pain 2002; 99 (3) : 385-396.
7. Lin CC. Barriers to the analgesic management of cancer pain: a comparison of attitudes of Taiwanese patients and their family caregivers. Pain 2000; 88 (1) : 7-14.
8. Morita T, Tsunoda J, Inoue S, et al. Concerns of Japanese hospice inpatients about morphine therapy as a factor in pain management: a pilot study. J Palliat Care 2000; 16 (4) : 54-58.
9. Paice JA, Toy C, Shott S. Barriers to cancer pain relief: fear of tolerance and addiction. J Pain Symptom Manage 1998; 16 (1) : 1-9.
10. Yates PM, Edwards HE, Nash RE, et al. Barriers to effective cancer pain management: a survey of hospitalized cancer patients in Australia. J Pain Symptom Manage 2002; 23 (5) : 393-405.
11. Morita T, Miyashita M, Shibagaki M, et al. Knowledge and beliefs about end-of-life care and the effects of specialized palliative care: a population-based survey in Japan. J Pain Symptom Manage 2006; 31 (4) : 306-316.
12. Statistics and Information Department, Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (Japan). Vital statistics of Japan 2006 pn Japanese]. Tokyo: Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare; 2007.
13. Sanjo M, Miyashita M, Morita T, et al. Preferences regarding end-of-life cancer care and associations with good-death concepts: a population-based survey in Japan. Ann Oncol 2007; 18 (9) : 1539-1547.
14. (Pubitemid 44364367) Gomes B, Higginson IJ. Factors influencing death at home in terminally ill patients with cancer: systematic review. BMJ 2006; 332 (7540) : 515-521.
15. Lin CC, Chou PL, Wu SL, et al. Long-term effectiveness of a patient and family pain education program on overcoming barriers to management of cancer pain. Pain 2006; 122 (3) : 271-281.
16. (Pubitemid 44175672) Vallières I, Aubin M, Blondeau L, et al. Effectiveness of a clinical intervention in improving pain control in outpatients with cancer treated by radiation therapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2006; 66 (1) : 234-237.
17. Oliver JW, Kravitz RL, Kaplan SH, et al. Individualized patient education and coaching to improve pain control among cancer outpatients. J Clin Oncol 2001; 19 (8) : 2206-2212.
18. (Pubitemid 41079811) Miaskowski C, Dodd M, West C, et al. Randomized clinical trial of the effectiveness of a self-care intervention to improve cancer pain management. J Clin Oncol 2004; 22 (9) : 1713-1720.
19. (Pubitemid 46566468) Miaskowski C, Dodd M, West C, et al. The use of a responder analysis to identify differences in patient outcomes following a self-care intervention to improve cancer pain management. Pain 2007; 129 (1-2) : 55-63.
20. Gagnon P, Charbonneau C, Allard P, et al. Delirium in advanced cancer a psychoeducational intervention for family caregivers. J Palliat Care 2002; 18 (4) : 253-261.
21. Braun KL, Karel H, Zir A. Family response to end-of-life education: differences by ethnicity and stage of caregiving. Am J Hosp Palliat Care 2006; 23 (4) : 269-276.
22. (Pubitemid 46505076) Kwak J, Salmon JR, Acquaviva KD, et al. Benefits of training family caregivers on experiences of closure during end-of-life care. J Pain Symptom Manage 2007; 33 (4) : 434-445.
23. (Pubitemid 41527119) Hudson PL, Aranda S, Hayman-White K. A psycho-educational intervention for family caregivers of patients receiving palliative care: a randomized controlled trial. J Pain Symptom Manage 2005; 30 (4) : 329-341.
24. (Pubitemid 43032568) McMillan SC, Small BJ, Weitzner M, et al. Impact of coping skills intervention with family caregivers of hospice patients with cancer: a randomized clinical trial. Cancer 2006; 106 (1) : 214-222.
25. (Pubitemid 38569645) Harding R, Higginson IJ, Learn C, et al. Evaluation of a shortterm group intervention for informal carers of patients attending a home palliative care service. J Pain Symptom Manage 2004; 27 (5) : 396-408.
26. Marco CA, Larkin GL. Public education regarding resuscitation: effects of a multimedia intervention. Ann Emerg Med 2003; 42 (2) : 256-260.
27. (Pubitemid 351895354) Miyashita M, Sato K, Morita T, et al. Effect of population-based educational intervention focusing on end-of-life home care, life prolonging treatment and knowledge about palliative care. Palliat Med 2008; 22 (4) : 376-382.
28. Knowles MS, Swanson RA, Holton EF. The adult learner: the definitive classic in adult education and human resource development. 6th ed. Amsterdam and Boston: Elsevier; c2005.
29. (Pubitemid 34537659) Ida E, Miyachi M, Uemura M, et al. Current status of hospice cancer deaths both in-unit and at home (1995-2000), and prospects of home care services in Japan. Palliat Med 2002; 16 (3) : 179-184.