Effects of early integrated palliative care on caregivers of patients with lung and gastrointestinal cancer: A randomized clinical trial

Oncologist

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 1528-1534

  El Jawahri, Areej ^a,b   Greer, Joseph A ^a,b   Pirl, William F ^a,b   Park, Elyse R ^a,b   Jackson, Vicki A ^a,b   Back, Anthony L ^c   Kamdar, Mihir ^a,b   Jacobsen, Juliet ^a,b   Chittenden, Eva H ^a,b   Rinaldi, Simone P ^a   Gallagher, Emily R ^a   Eusebio, Justin R ^a   Fishman, Sarah ^a,b   Vandusen, Harry ^a,b   Li, Zhigang ^d   Muzikansky, Alona ^a,b   Temel, Jennifer S ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiver; Caregiver depression; Distress; Palliative care; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT FORM 36; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; LUNG TUMOR; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGY;

CAREGIVERS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENTS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 85038264448     PISSN: 10837159     EISSN: 1549490X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.2017-0227     Document Type: Article

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