A systematic review of psychosocial interventions for family carers of palliative care patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Being a family carer to a patient nearing the end of their life is a challenging and confronting experience. Studies show that caregiving can have negative consequences on the health of family carers including fatigue, sleep problems, depression, anxiety and burnout. One of the goals of palliative care is to provide psychosocial support to patients and families facing terminal illness. A systematic review of interventions for family carers of cancer and palliative care patients conducted at the start of this millennium demonstrated that there was a dearth of rigorous inquiry on this topic and consequently limited knowledge regarding the types of interventions likely to be effective in meeting the complex needs of family carers. We wanted to discern whether or not the evi

SUBMITTER: Hudson PL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2924287 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature