Care needs of dying patients and their family caregivers in hospice and palliative care in mainland China: a meta-synthesis of qualitative and quantitative studies.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the care needs of dying patients and their family caregivers in hospice and palliative care in mainland China.

Methods

A search for English and Chinese quantitative and qualitative studies was performed using the following English databases: PubMed (Medline), CINAHL and PsycINFO, as well as Chinese databases: SinoMed and CNKI. The records were independently screened by two reviewers and critiqued using Joanna Briggs Institute Critical Appraisal tools. All quantitative data were transformed into qualitative data, which were converted into textual descriptions. Due to the diversity of included studies, a three-step analysis was performed: narrative summary, thematic analysis and presentation of integrated results in a narrative form. The qualitative fi

SUBMITTER: Zhu S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8573656 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature