Reducing the psychological distress of family caregivers of home-based palliative care patients: Short-term effects from a randomised controlled trial

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1987-1993

  Hudson, Peter ^a,b   Trauer, Tom ^a,c   Kelly, Brian ^d   O'Connor, Moira ^e   Thomas, Kristina ^a   Summers, Michael ^f   Zordan, Rachel ^a   White, Vicki ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^e CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PERCEPTION; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883141774     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.3242     Document Type: Article

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