ArticleRevista latino-americana de enfermagem2018
Comfort level of caregivers of cancer patients receiving palliative care.
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- Validity of scoring system for palliative care in oncology: CODETM - "Care of the dying evaluation". Is it important in assessing the end-of-life process?Arquivos brasileiros de cirurgia digestiva : ABCD = Brazilian archives of digestive surgery · 2026Article
- Identification and validation of end-of-life nursing care competencies for Kenyan nurses: A modified Delphi technique.Canadian oncology nursing journal = Revue canadienne de nursing oncologique · 2025Article
- Identifying the Prevalence and Correlates of Caregiver-Reported Symptoms in Home Hospice Patients at the End of Life.Journal of palliative medicine · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo verify the association between the level of comfort of the caregiver and socio-demographic variables related to caregiving, and the patient's functional status and symptoms.
methodCross-sectional study with non-probabilistic intentional sample. The instruments Palliative Performance Scale (score 0 to 100%), Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale (symptom scores from zero to ten) and Holistic Comfort Questionnaire (total score ranging from 49 to 294 and mean score from 1 to 6) were used. The relationship between comfort scores and independent variables was calculated by multiple linear regression.
resultsFifty informal caregivers participated in the study - 80% were female, 32% were 60 years old or older, 36% were children of the patient, 58% had paid work and 60% did not have help in the care. The mean overall comfort was 4.52 points. A better functional status of the patients was associated with higher levels of comfort of the caregivers. Older caregivers who received helped in the care activities presented higher comfort scores.
conclusionThe level of comfort of caregivers of cancer patients receiving palliative care was associated with socio-demographic variables and patients' functional status and symptoms.
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