Can senior volunteers deliver reminiscence and creative activity interventions? results of the legacy intervention family enactment randomized controlled trial

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 590-601

  Allen, Rebecca S ^a   Harris, Grant M ^a   Burgio, Louis D ^a   Azuero, Casey B ^a   Miller, Leslie A ^a,b   Shin, Hae Jung ^a,d   Eichorst, Morgan K ^a   Csikai, Ellen L ^a,b   Decoster, Jamie ^e   Dunn, Linda L ^a,c   Kvale, Elizabeth ^f   Parmelee, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^d Gwangmyeong si   (South Korea)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^f BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

care dyads; Community based; mixed methods; RCT palliative; volunteers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LEGACY INTERVENTION FAMILY ENACTMENT; MALE; MEANING OF LIFE SCALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIGION; RETIRED SENIOR VOLUNTEER; SYMPTOM; VOLUNTEER; GROUP THERAPY; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PALLIATIVE CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOLUNTEERS;

EID: 84908095185     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2013.11.012     Document Type: Article

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