Patients' sense of security during palliative care - What are the influencing factors?

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 45-55

  Milberg, Anna ^a,b,c   Friedrichsen, Maria ^a,b   Jakobsson, Maria ^b,c   Nilsson, Eva Carin ^a   Niskala, Birgitta ^d   Olsson, Maria ^e   Wåhlberg, Rakel ^c   Krevers, Barbro ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Palliative Education and Research Centre in the County of Östergötland   (Sweden)

^c Palliative Education and Research Centre in the County of Östergötland ^*  (Sweden)

^d Ryd Primary Health Care Center   (Sweden)

^e PRIVO/Palliative Consulting Team   (Sweden)

Author keywords

attachment; mastery; palliative; patient; quality of life; Sense of security; social support; stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVOUSNESS; PATIENT WORRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRESS; WELLBEING; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY; INTERVIEW; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84903999274     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2013.08.021     Document Type: Article

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