ReviewThe American journal of hospice & palliative care2018
Palliative Care Gaps in Providing Psychological Treatment: A Review of the Current State of Research in Multidisciplinary Palliative Care.
Review in The American journal of hospice & palliative care, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Palliative Care Interventions Effects on Psychological Distress: A Systematic Review & Meta-Analysis.Journal of pain and symptom management · 2023Pooled it
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- Realizing the Imperative: The Future of Mental Health and Palliative Care Integration.Journal of palliative medicine · 2025Article
- Understanding and Addressing Mental Health Disparities and Stigma in Serious Illness and Palliative Care.Illness, crises, and loss · 2025Article
- Investigating the Multidomain Impact of Palliative Care on End-of-Life Patients: A Comprehensive Evaluation.TheScientificWorldJournal · 2025Article
- Psychological interventions for emotional well-being in adults with advanced progressive life-limiting illness.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Article
- Interventions for behavioral health comorbidities in the hospice setting: a scoping review.Annals of palliative medicine · 2024Article
- Palliative Care Psychiatry: Building Synergy Across the Spectrum.Current psychiatry reports · 2024Review
- Mental Health Integration and Delivery in the Hospice and Palliative Medicine Setting: A National Survey of Clinicians.Journal of pain and symptom management · 2024Article
- Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship Training in Mental Health: A Survey of Program Directors.Journal of pain and symptom management · 2023Article
- Priming the Palliative Psychology Pipeline: Development and Evaluation of an Undergraduate Clinical Research Training Program.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2022Article
- Needs and expectations of family caregivers of cancer patients in palliative care: A study protocol.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Clinical Effects of Chinese Herbal Decoction Combined with Basic Chemoradiotherapy and Nursing Intervention in the Treatment of Cervical Cancer and the Effect on Serum CEA, CA125, and TNF-Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2021Article
- Palliative Care Providers' Practices Surrounding Psychological Distress Screening and Treatment: A National Survey.The American journal of hospice & palliative care · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundPatients with advanced illness often have high rates of psychological symptoms. Many multicomponent palliative care intervention studies have investigated the efficacy of overall symptom reduction; however, little research has focused explicitly on how interventions address psychological symptoms associated with serious illness.
methodsThe current study reviewed 59 multicomponent palliative care intervention articles and analyzed the mental health components of palliative care interventions and their outcomes in order to better understand the current state of psychological care in palliative care.
resultsThe majority of articles (69.5%) did not provide any details regarding the psychological component delivered as part of the palliative care intervention. Most (54.2%) studies did not specify which provider on the team was responsible for providing the psychological intervention. Studies varied regarding the type of outcome measure utilized; multi-symptom assessment scales were used in 54.2% of studies, mental health scales were employed in 25.4%, quality of life and distress scales were used in 16.9%, and no psychological scales were reported in 28.8%. Fewer than half the studies (42.4%) documented a change in a psychological outcome. DISCUSSION AND
conclusionThe majority of analyzed studies failed to describe how psychological symptoms were identified and treated, which discipline on the team provided the treatment, and whether psychological symptoms improved as a result of the intervention. Future research evaluating the effects of palliative care interventions on psychological symptoms will benefit from using reliable and valid psychological outcome measures and providing specificity regarding the psychological components of the intervention and who provides it.
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