ArticleSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2018
Acute impact of home parenteral nutrition in patients with late-stage cancer on family caregivers: preliminary data.
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- Symptom burden and lived experiences of patients, caregivers and healthcare professionals on the management of malignant bowel obstruction: A qualitative systematic review.Palliative medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Tracking Anxiety in Chronic Intestinal Failure: The Role of Time in Healing.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The Anxiety Burden in Patients with Chronic Intestinal Failure on Long-Term Parenteral Nutrition and in Their Caregivers.Nutrients · 2024Article
- The Role of Parenteral Nutrition for Incurable Cancer: Bridging Expectations and Reality.Current nutrition reports · 2021Review
- Supplemental home parenteral nutrition improved nutrition status with comparable quality of life in malnourished unresectable/metastatic gastric cancer receiving salvage chemotherapy.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2021Article
- Is there a place for nutrition in palliative care?Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2020Review
- Development and Validation of a Logic Model for Utilization of Nutrition Support among Patients with Cancer.BioMed research international · 2020Article
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Abstract
purposeSince there is no information regarding quality of life of caregivers assisting patients with advanced malignancy on home parenteral nutrition, herewith we report a preliminary series of 19 patients who received total parenteral nutrition at home under the strict supervision of their relatives.
methodsThe relatives of 19 incurable patients with cancer-related cachexia, discharged from the hospital with a home parenteral nutrition program, were prospectively studied. They filled out a validated questionnaire, the Family Strain Questionnaire Short Form, prior to patient discharge and after 2 weeks of home care. The questionnaire included 30 items, which explored different domains regarding the superimposed burden on caregivers in relation to the assistance given to their relatives.
resultsOur findings show that the basal level of strain was relatively high (about three quarters of positive answers) but did not increase after 2 weeks of home care. Similarly, there was no difference in the nutritional status and quality of life of the patients. Eight patients and their relatives could be also analyzed after 2 months and the results maintained unchanged.
conclusionThis preliminary investigation shows that home parenteral nutrition does not exacerbate the level of strain on caregivers involved in surveillance of such a supportive intervention. It is possible that the perception of an active contribution to the benefit of patients, who maintained unchanged their nutritional status and quality of life, could gratify caregivers despite the objective burden in the constant supervision of administering Parenteral Nutrition.
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