Article
Critical Care Medicine
Yu Fu, Anne Mason, Alison C. Boland, Gordon Linklater, Vania Dimitrova, Ascension Donate-Martinez, Michael Bennett
Summary: A multicentre qualitative study in the UK found that patients with severe COPD and their caregivers commonly experienced uncertainty and fear, requiring reassurance, rapid medical access, home care, and finance advice. Health professionals stressed the importance of timely palliative care, but identified variations in the integration of palliative care services across regions.
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Medicine, General & Internal
Jun Kako, Masamitsu Kobayashi, Yusuke Kanno, Kohei Kajiwara, Kimiko Nakano, Miharu Morikawa, Yoshinobu Matsuda, Yoichi Shimizu, Megumi Hori, Mariko Niino, Miho Suzuki, Taichi Shimazu
Summary: This study aims to categorize nursing support in the trajectory of cancer care and explore its impact on patients' symptoms and caregivers' burdens. The study will systematically search published articles and summarize the findings through data extraction and analysis. The importance of this study lies in its potential to optimize nursing support in cancer care and improve the quality of life for patients and caregivers.
Article
Oncology
Stephanie White, Jane Phillips, Erin Turbitt, Chris Jacobs
Summary: Palliative care clinicians are uncertain about addressing genetics, weighing the benefits against potential harms. Responsibility to address genetic issues depends on perceptions of relevance and the scope of palliative care. Suggestions to overcome practice barriers include building genetic-palliative care relationships, multi-layered genetics education, developing clinical resources, and increasing organizational support.
SUPPORTIVE CARE IN CANCER
(2022)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Giulio Formoso, Massimiliano Marino, Monica Guberti, Roberto Giuseppe Grilli
Summary: The study investigated the use of anticancer drugs and palliative care services in the last month of life among cancer patients in Northern Italy. The results showed an inverse association between drug therapy and palliative care, with variability across different regions. The findings are consistent with previous studies.
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Oncology
Ravi B. Parikh, Christopher R. Manz, Maria N. Nelson, Chalanda N. Evans, Susan H. Regli, Nina O'Connor, Lynn M. Schuchter, Lawrence N. Shulman, Mitesh S. Patel, Joanna Paladino, Judy A. Shea
Summary: Oncologists believe there are applications for advanced prognostic algorithms in routine care of cancer patients, but they are concerned about algorithm accuracy, confirmation and automation biases, and ethical issues of prognostic disclosure.
SUPPORTIVE CARE IN CANCER
(2022)
Article
Oncology
Anna Collins, Lorna Gurren, Sue-Anne McLachlan, Olivia Wawryk, Jennifer Philip
Summary: This study explores clinicians' perspectives on communication about referral to early palliative care and identifies facilitators for this communication task. The study highlights the importance of improving healthcare professionals' communication skills in early palliative care.
FRONTIERS IN ONCOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Oncology
Daniel John Hubik, Clare O'Callaghan, Justin Dwyer
Summary: Doctors working in specialist palliative care services experience a variety of strong emotions in their daily work, including distress from patients, families, staff, and organizational issues. These strong emotional reactions can impact clinical behaviors, patient care, and doctors' personal lives. Various strategies are developed to manage these emotions, including debriefing, setting boundaries, avoidance, self-reflection, and non-work related activities such as spending time with family.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Romel Jonathan Velasco Yanez, Ana Fatima Carvalho Fernandes, Samuel Miranda Mattos, Thereza Maria Magalhaes Moreira, Regia Christina Moura Barbosa Castro, Erilaine de Freitas Corpes, Luis Carlos Lopes-Junior
Summary: This study aims to map and synthesize the available evidence on palliative care for women with breast cancer and to discuss the review results with stakeholders. It will consist of a scoping review phase and a focus group discussion phase with stakeholders.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Qinqin Cheng, Yinglong Duan, Hongling Zheng, Xianghua Xu, Khalid Khan, Jianfei Xie, Yongyi Chen
Summary: The study found that the majority of cancer patients in Mainland China have limited knowledge of palliative care, but most support it and prefer to receive care and die at home. They also wish to know their diagnosis or prognosis, and prioritize improving quality of life over extending life expectancy.
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Medicine, General & Internal
Gisele Chvetzoff, Magali Girodet, Johanna Despax, Valentine Baudry, Julie Duranti, Benedicte Mastroianni, Helene Vanacker, Armelle Vinceneux, Mehdi Brahmi, Olivier Renard, Julien Gautier, Manon Britel, Francoise Ducimetiere, Amelie Anota, Philippe Cassier, Veronique Christophe
Summary: The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the reasons for acceptance or refusal of early palliative care in patients included in early-phase clinical trials. The study will include interviews with patients and the analysis of questionnaire responses to determine the impact of early palliative care on quality of life and symptoms associated with treatment. The results of this study will be disseminated through conference presentations and peer-reviewed publications.
Article
Oncology
Laura B. Oswald, Brandy Arredondo, Carley Geiss, Taylor F. D. Vigoureux, Aasha I. Hoogland, Christine H. Chung, Jameel Muzaffar, Krupal B. Patel, Brian D. Gonzalez, Heather S. L. Jim, Kedar Kirtane
Summary: This study aimed to describe considerations for developing supportive care interventions targeted to head and neck cancer survivors. The findings showed unanimous support for developing HNC-specific interventions. Group-based interventions were preferred for the value of peer-support, although not suitable for all survivors. The suggested topics for interventions included education on side effects, symptom management, relationship changes, and fear of recurrence. These findings can inform the development of supportive care interventions tailored to the unique psychosocial concerns of HNC survivors.
Article
Oncology
Takaaki Hasegawa, Akemi Yamagishi, Akitaka Sugishita, Tatsuo Akechi, Yosuke Kubota, Satofumi Shimoyama
Summary: This study explores the barriers to and facilitators of integrating home palliative care and medical oncology experienced by healthcare professionals in Japan. The study identifies a lack of referral criteria, financial issues, patients' understanding of illness trajectory, communication challenges, frequent visits to hospitals, variations in home palliative care services, and problems in providing treatment and care at home as major barriers. On the other hand, the relationships between oncologists and home palliative care physicians and the experience/knowledge of cancer hospital staff in home palliative care are identified as facilitators.
SUPPORTIVE CARE IN CANCER
(2022)
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Jun Kako, Miharu Morikawa, Masamitsu Kobayashi, Yusuke Kanno, Kohei Kajiwara, Kimiko Nakano, Yoshinobu Matsuda, Yoichi Shimizu, Megumi Hori, Mariko Niino, Miho Suzuki, Taichi Shimazu
Summary: This study identified 12 components of nursing support for breathlessness in patients with cancer. The results of this study can help to understand the actual state of nursing support provided for breathlessness in patients with terminal cancer and consider possible support that can be implemented.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Catherine Henshall, Zoe Davey, Helen Walthall, Hannah Ball, Mitra Shahidi, John Park, Najib Rahman
Summary: This study explored experiences of patients with pleural mesothelioma in follow-up care and developed recommendations for practice through a qualitative design comprising documentary analysis, interviews, and consultation meetings. The study identified the need for consistent, specialist mesothelioma care centered around mesothelioma nurses and respiratory consultants, with input from the wider multidisciplinary team, based on the developed themes of people, processes, places, purpose, and perception of care.
Article
Oncology
Tsuyoshi Etoh, Masaki Fujiwara, Yuto Yamada, Riho Wada, Yuji Higuchi, Shinichiro Inoue, Masafumi Kodama, Takanori Matsushita, Yusaku Yoshimura, Shigeo Horii, Maiko Fujimori, Kyoko Kakeda, Taichi Shimazu, Naoki Nakaya, Masahiro Tabata, Yosuke Uchitomi, Norihito Yamada, Masatoshi Inagaki
Summary: This study identified a wide range of issues in cancer care for people with mental disorders, from patient factors to public policy level, and highlighted the need for a multidisciplinary approach involving both cancer and psychiatric care professionals to address the disparities.
Article
Allergy
Eleni Pateraki, Paul Graham Morris
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Nuno B. Ferreira, David Gillanders, Paul G. Morris, Maria Eugenicos
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST
(2018)
Article
Neurosciences
Monica C. Baseotto, Paul G. Morris, David C. Gillespie, Ceri T. Trevethan
Summary: This study explored the relationship between post-traumatic growth and value-directed living after acquired brain injury. The findings showed a significant positive correlation between post-traumatic growth and value-directed living, indicating possible common underlying processes. Value-directed living was associated with clinically relevant outcomes, suggesting its usefulness in brain injury rehabilitation.
NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL REHABILITATION
(2022)
Review
Psychiatry
Edel Mc Glanaghy, David Turner, Georgina A. Davis, Helen Sharpe, Nadine Dougall, Paul Morris, Wendy Prentice, Paul Hutton
Summary: A network meta-analysis was conducted on psychological interventions for schizophrenia/psychosis in adults, with mindfulness-based psychoeducation consistently ranked as the most likely intervention to reduce total symptoms. However, all studies were conducted in China, highlighting the need for more international research to validate these findings in different cultural contexts.
SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Edel Mc Glanaghy, Jane-Louise Jackson, Paul Morris, Wendy Prentice, Nadine Dougall, Paul Hutton
Summary: This study investigated the consensus between professionals and experts by experience on adverse effects of psychological therapy and found alignment in what should be included in a list of adverse effects, including novel ones. Further research is needed to understand which adverse effects are necessary, unnecessary, or indeed harmful to psychotherapy outcomes.
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY & PSYCHOTHERAPY
(2022)
Article
Integrative & Complementary Medicine
Jingni Ma, Joanne M. Williams, Paul Graham Morris, Stella W. Y. Chan
Summary: The aim of this study was to examine whether outdoor mindful walking in nature can effectively improve university students' sleep quality, mood, and mindfulness during the Covid-19 pandemic in the U.K. Results showed significant improvements in participants' trait mindfulness, sleep quality, and mood after the intervention in both groups. However, mindful walking in nature did not bring additional mental health benefits compared to urban walking.
EXPLORE-THE JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND HEALING
(2023)
Review
Psychology, Clinical
Rebecca Briggs, Paul Graham Morris, Karen Rees
Summary: In this study, the effectiveness of group-based gardening interventions for increasing wellbeing and reducing symptoms of mental ill-health in adults was systematically evaluated. The results suggest that these interventions may increase wellbeing and reduce symptoms of depression, but there is uncertainty due to heterogeneity and unclear risk of bias in the studies.
JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH
(2023)
Review
Clinical Neurology
Isobel Anne Williams, Paul Graham Morris, Monica McCowat, David Gillespie
Summary: Illness representations refer to a person's beliefs about their health condition and can influence clinical outcomes. This systematic review examined factors associated with illness representations in people with epilepsy and functional seizures. The review found evidence for an association between more threatening illness representations and poorer clinical outcomes, particularly in people with epilepsy. The findings highlight the importance of illness representations in seizure disorders and the need for further research.
SEIZURE-EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EPILEPSY
(2023)
Review
Psychology, Clinical
Hamdullah Tunc, Paul Graham Morris, Melina Nicole Kyranides, Aifric McArdle, Doug McConachie, Joanne Williams
Summary: This study systematically reviewed the relationship between valued living and depression, and valued living and anxiety, and examined how these relationships vary across different demographic characteristics and populations/clinical groups. The findings showed significant negative correlations between valued living and both depression and anxiety, suggesting the importance of considering valued living as a potential mechanism of change for depression and anxiety.
JOURNAL OF CONTEXTUAL BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE
(2023)
Review
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Peilin Lin, Paul G. Morris, Jingni Ma, Joanne M. Williams
Summary: This systematic review examines the changes in Chinese older adults' psychosocial wellbeing after receiving horticultural therapy and evaluates the effectiveness of horticultural therapy in a Chinese setting. The findings suggest that horticultural therapy generally improves older adults' psychosocial wellbeing, but the causal relationships between improvements and horticultural therapy remain unclear.
GERONTOLOGY AND GERIATRIC MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Emily R. Revell, David Gillespie, Paul G. Morris, Jon Stone
Summary: Idiopathic drop attacks are falls without warning and consciousness loss, potentially considered as a feature of functional neurological disorder. The cognitive behavioural model of drop attacks includes precipitating factors, maintaining cycle, and stress levels.
EPILEPSY & BEHAVIOR REPORTS
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Eleni Pateraki, Yvonne Vance, Paul Graham Morris
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY IN MEDICAL SETTINGS
(2018)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Jackie Hamilton, Bogna Radlak, Paul G. Morris, Louise H. Phillips
ARCHIVES OF CLINICAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGY
(2017)
Article
Education, Special
Douglas Alexander James McConachie, Karen McKenzie, Paul Graham Morris, Robert M. Walley
RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
(2014)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Vivien Smith, Zoe Chouliara, Paul G. Morris, Paula Collin, Kevin Power, Alex Yellowlees, David Grierson, Elena Papageorgiou, Moira Cook
JOURNAL OF HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY
(2016)
Article
Oncology
Christine J. McPherson, Alanna Devereaux
Summary: This study examines the dyadic effects of patient and caregiver attachment orientations on mutually supportive care in cancer treatment. It highlights the interdependence within the cancer caregiving relationship and emphasizes the importance of considering individual and relational ways of responding in providing support. Attachment theory provides a framework for understanding and therapeutic intervention.