ArticleJournal of pain and symptom management2018
Communicating Caregivers' Challenges With Cancer Pain Management: An Analysis of Home Hospice Visits.
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- Family Caregiver Challenges in Pain Management for Patients with Advanced Illnesses: A Systematic Review.Journal of palliative medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Interventions to Support Family Caregivers in Pain Management: A Systematic Review.Journal of pain and symptom management · 2020Pooled it
- A Hospice Intervention for Caregivers: Improving Home Hospice Management of End-Of-Life Symptoms (I-HoME) Pilot Study.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2025Trial
- Exploring the predictive capacity of smartphone-based digital phenotyping to monitor pain and physical quality of life in advanced cancer patients, family caregivers, and dyads.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Pain Management Education for Rural Hospice Family Caregivers: A Pilot Study With Embedded Implementation Evaluation.The American journal of hospice & palliative care · 2024Article
- Assessing the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of a novel symptom management care delivery intervention for caregivers receiving home hospice care: The I-HoME protocol.Contemporary clinical trials · 2024Article
- Effectiveness of caregiver interventions for people with cancer and non-cancer-related chronic pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis.British journal of pain · 2022Article
- Understanding the Experience of Cancer Pain From the Perspective of Patients and Family Caregivers to Inform Design of an In-Home Smart Health System: Multimethod Approach.JMIR formative research · 2020Article
- Current Advances in Palliative & Hospice Care: Problems and Needs of Relatives and Family Caregivers During Palliative and Hospice Care-An Overview of Current Literature.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Review
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Abstract
contextFamily caregivers (FCGs) of hospice cancer patients face significant challenges related to pain management. Addressing many of these challenges requires effective communication between FCGs and hospice nurses, yet little empirical evidence exists on the nature of communication about pain management between hospice nurses and FCGs.
objectivesWe identified ways in which FCGs of hospice cancer patients communicated their pain management challenges to nurses during home visits and explored nurses' responses when pain management concerns were raised.
methodsUsing secondary data from audio recordings of hospice nurses' home visits, a deductive content analysis was conducted. We coded caregivers' pain management challenges and immediate nurses' responses to these challenges.
resultsFrom 63 hospice nurse visits, 101 statements describing caregivers' pain management challenges were identified. Thirty percent of these statements pertained to communication and teamwork issues. Twenty-seven percent concerned caregivers' medication skills and knowledge. In 52% of the cases, nurses responded to caregivers' pain management challenges with a validating statement. They provided information in 42% of the cases. Nurses did not address 14% of the statements made by caregivers reflecting pain management challenges.
conclusionTo optimize hospice patients' comfort and reduce caregivers' anxiety and burden related to pain management, hospice nurses need to assess and address caregivers' pain management challenges during home visits. Communication and educational tools designed to reduce caregivers' barriers to pain management would likely improve clinical practice and both patient- and caregiver-related outcomes.
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