End-of-life care research with bereaved informal caregivers - Analysis of recruitment strategy and participation rate from a multi-centre validation study Psychosocial

BMC Palliative Care

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Stiel, Stephanie ^a,b   Heckel, Maria ^a,b   Bussmann, Sonja ^c   Weber, Martin ^c   Ostgathe, Christoph ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Assessment tool; Distress; Informal caregiver; Motivation; Palliative care; Participation rate; Quality of dying and death; Recruitment; Research participation; Validation; Willingness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DEATH; DYING; EMOTION; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FAMILY CAREGIVER RESEARCH PARTICIPATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEMORY; MOTIVATION; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); QUESTIONNAIRE; TERMINAL CARE; VALIDATION STUDY; AGE; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME FACTOR;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BEREAVEMENT; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEX FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84928794297     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472684X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12904-015-0020-4     Document Type: Article

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