Interventions to Support Family Caregivers in Pain Management: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Family caregivers encounter many challenges when managing pain for their loved ones. There is a lack of clear recommendations on how to prepare caregivers in pain management.

Objectives

To evaluate existing interventions that support family caregivers in providing pain management to patients with all disease types.

Methods

Four electronic databases were systematically searched (PubMed, Cumulative Index for Nursing Allied Health Literature, PsycINFO, and Scopus) using index and keyword methods for articles published before December 2019. The Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool was used to assess the quality.

Results

The search identified 6851 studies, and 25 studies met the inclusion criteria. Only two studies exclusively focused on noncancer populations (8%).

SUBMITTER: Chi NC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7483228 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature