The impact of the carer support needs assessment tool (CSNAT) in community palliative care using a stepped wedge cluster trial

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Aoun, Samar M ^a   Grande, Gunn ^b   Howting, Denise ^a   Deas, Kathleen ^a   Toye, Chris ^a   Troeung, Lakkhina ^c,d   Stajduhar, Kelli ^e   Ewing, Gail ^f  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CARER SUPPORT NEEDS ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY APPRAISAL OF CAREGIVING QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WORKLOAD; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ANXIETY; CAREGIVER; COUNSELING; DEMOGRAPHY; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPICE CARE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YOUNG ADULT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; CAREGIVERS; COUNSELING; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; PILOT PROJECTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927534752     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0123012     Document Type: Article

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