Quality of Life in Palliative Care: A Systematic Meta-Review of Reviews and Meta-Analyses.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The area of palliative care is a setting in which the evaluation of the quality of life (QoL) is fundamental. However, the topic has been covered from many different points of view, and there is a lack of comprehensive synthesis of the evidence drawn from the available literature.

Objective

We carried out a meta-review of all available systematic reviews and meta-analyses that have dedicated part or most of the investigation to the assessment of QoL in palliative care to provide the most updated and comprehensive depiction of all available information about measurement and intervention aimed at improving QoL in palliative care.

Methods

A meta-review of all recent (5 years) available systematic reviews and meta-analyses on "palliative care" and "quality of l

SUBMITTER: Demuro M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11311734 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature