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

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 19-24

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

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^f CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer; Caregiver; Distress; Oncology; Palliative; RCT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; AGED; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; NEOPLASM; NURSING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; CAREGIVERS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920945188     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.3610     Document Type: Article

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