Hospice Family Caregiver Involvement in Care Plan Meetings: A Mixed-Methods Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objective

Untrained family caregivers struggle with complicated medical management regimens for hospice patients. An intervention was tested to improve caregiver's perception of pain management and patient's pain.

Design, setting, and participants

The intervention was tested with a 2-group (usual care vs intervention) randomized controlled trial using parallel mixed-methods analysis of 446 caregivers in 3 Midwestern hospice programs representing rural and urban settings.

Intervention

Web conferencing or telephones were used to connect caregivers with the hospice care team during care plan meetings.

Measurements

Caregiver's perceptions of pain management were the primary outcome. Secondary outcomes included caregiver quality of life, patient's pai

SUBMITTER: Parker Oliver D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5272916 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature