Effects of a Home-Based Palliative Heart Failure Program on Quality of Life, Symptom Burden, Satisfaction and Caregiver Burden: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 1-11

  Ng, Alina Yee Man ^a,b   Wong, Frances Kam Yuet ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

end stage heart failure; Palliative care; randomized controlled trial; transitional care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CASE MANAGER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; END STAGE HEART FAILURE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART FAILURE; HOME CARE; HOME VISIT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; CAREGIVER; COST OF ILLNESS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85032811000     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2017.07.047     Document Type: Article

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