Complementary therapy in palliative care: A synthesis of qualitative and quantitative systematic reviews.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Interventions delivered in palliative care are complex and their evaluation through qualitative and quantitative research can lead to contrasting results. In a systematic review of trials, the effectiveness results of complementary therapies in palliative care were inconclusive; however, our qualitative synthesis showed participants perceived them to be beneficial.

Aim

Use a novel methodology to synthesise evidence from qualitative and quantitative systematic reviews on complementary therapy in palliative care to explore the following: (1) If interventions delivered in trials reflect how participants in qualitative studies report they are delivered in real-life settings and (2) whether quality of life measures used in trials capture perceived benefits that are rep

SUBMITTER: Armstrong M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7543001 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature