SynthesisSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2020
Resilience in palliative healthcare professionals: a systematic review.
Synthesis in Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04434755 (Wellness and Distress in Health Care Professionals Dealing With End of Life and Bioethical Issues), which is not on this map. Cited by 38 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Wellness and Distress in Health Care Professionals Dealing With End of Life and Bioethical Issues (WeDistressHELL)
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38 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The Emotional Experiences of Healthcare Professionals Working in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A Systematic Review.Muscle & nerve · 2026Pooled it
- Facilitators and barriers primary care physicians face in providing palliative care in low- and middle-income countries: a mixed methods systematic review.BMC primary care · 2025Pooled it
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- Psychological impact of the February 6, 2023, Türkiye earthquake: the roles of social support, hope, resilience, and death obsession.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Attitudes toward death in nursing staff: the role of resilience.BMC palliative care · 2026Observational
- Resilience-building in palliative care professionals: scoping review.BMJ supportive & palliative care · 2025Article
- Palliative Care as a Predictor of Professional Stress and Mental Health in Nurses: A Cross-Sectional Study.Nursing open · 2025Article
- Positive mental health literacy and job well-being among palliative care nurses: the mediating effect of job crafting.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Mental health trajectories, resilience and psychosocial factors in palliative care workers frequently exposed to death.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- A qualitative exploration of cAregiver experienCes Of conseRvatively maNaged kidney failure: the ACORN study.BMC nephrology · 2025Article
- The association between resilience and palliative care problems and needs in cancer patients: a cross-sectional study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Article
- Stress, mental health, and resources of palliative care professionals.Palliative & supportive care · 2025Article
- Unfolding insights about resilience and its coping strategies by medical academics and healthcare professionals at their workplaces: a thematic qualitative analysis.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- Working with people living with motor neurone disease and the impact on professionals' emotional and psychological well-being: A scoping review.Palliative medicine · 2025Article
- Psychological capital and death anxiety in pancreatic cancer patients: a latent profile analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Exploring Specialist Palliative Care Practitioner Perspectives on the Face Validity of the Attitude to Health Change Scales in Assessing the Impact of Life-limiting Illness on Patients and Carers.Journal of palliative care · 2024Article
- Virtual consultations: the experience of oncology and palliative care healthcare professionals.BMC palliative care · 2024Observational
- 'So being here is. . . I feel like I'm being a social worker again, at the hospice': Using interpretative phenomenological analysis to explore social workers' experiences of hospice work.Palliative medicine · 2024Article
- How palliative care professionals develop coping competence through their career: A grounded theory.Palliative medicine · 2024Article
- 'Not a panacea' - Expert perspectives on the concept of resilience and its potential for palliative care.Palliative care and social practice · 2024Article
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Abstract
purposeExposure to end-of-life and chronic illness on a daily basis may put palliative healthcare professionals' well-being at risk. Resilience may represent a protective factor against stressful and demanding challenges. Therefore, the aim is to systematically review the quantitative studies on resilience in healthcare professionals providing palliative care to adult patients.
methodsA literature search on PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science and PsycINFO databases was performed. The review process has followed the international PRISMA statement guidelines.
resultsAt the initial search, a total of 381 records were identified. Twelve articles were assessed for eligibility and, finally, 6 studies met all the inclusion criteria. Of these, four researches were observational and two interventional pilot studies. From the systematic synthesis, palliative care providers' resilience revealed to be related to other psychological constructs, including secondary traumatic stress, vicarious posttraumatic growth, death anxiety, burnout, compassion satisfaction, hope and perspective taking.
conclusionsThe current systematic review reported informative data leading to consider resilience as a process modulator and facilitator among palliative care professionals. A model on palliative healthcare providers' experience and the role of resilience was proposed. Further studies may lead to its validation and implementation in assessment and intervention contributing to foster palliative healthcare professionals' well-being.
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