SynthesisPalliative medicine2022
Existential suffering in the day to day lives of those living with palliative care needs arising from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): A systematic integrative literature review.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Music therapy for supporting informal carers of adults with life-threatening illness pre- and post-bereavement; a mixed-methods systematic review.BMC palliative care · 2024Pooled it
- The effect of an integrated palliative care intervention on quality of life and acute healthcare use in patients with COPD: Results of the COMPASSION cluster randomized controlled trial.Palliative medicine · 2023Trial
- Multi-stakeholder perspectives of palliative care needs in advanced COPD: a qualitative study.BMC palliative care · 2026Article
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- [Existential suffering and autonomy: Contributions to the debates on euthanasia and medically assisted suicide in Argentina].Salud colectiva · 2026Article
- Existential distress and social alienation in adolescents with allergic rhinitis: the serial mediating roles of psychological inflexibility and experiential avoidance.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Empowering nurses to provide palliative care for COPD patients in a pulmonary department: participatory action research.BMC palliative care · 2025Article
- A study on the intervention of eight-section brocade exercises in combination with comprehensive measures on the physical function status of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2025Article
- Patient Perceptions on the Role of Informal Caregiver Support in Managing Advanced COPD.Journal of patient experience · 2025Article
- 'Beyond the Reach of Palliative Care': A Qualitative Study of Patient and Public Experiences and Anticipation of Death and Dying.Qualitative health research · 2024Article
- End-of-life care for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a scoping review protocol.Systematic reviews · 2024Article
- Symptoms and problems reported by patients with non-cancer diseases through open-ended questions in specialist palliative care: a national register-based study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024Article
- Striving for moments of easier breathing despite being trapped in breathlessness: meanings of feeling well for women with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease stage III or IV.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2023Article
- "Dignity as a Small Candle Flame That Doesn't Go Out!": An Interpretative Phenomenological Study with Patients Living with Advanced Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe impact of living with palliative care needs arising from COPD disrupts an individual's existential situation. However, no comprehensive synthesis of existing research has been published to determine the presentation and impact of existential suffering.
aimTo provide a synthesis of existing evidence on existential suffering for those living with palliative care needs arising from COPD.
designThis is an integrative review paper, undertaken using the methodological approach developed by Soares and reported in accordance with PRISMA guidelines. Data analysis was undertaking using an integrated convergent synthesis approach. DATA SOURCES: Nine electronic databases were searched from April 2019 to December 2019. A second search was undertaken in January 2021 to identify recently published papers meeting the inclusion and exclusion criteria. No date restrictions were imposed. Only papers published in the English Language were considered for inclusion. Empirical research papers employing qualitative and/or quantitative methodologies and systematic literature reviews were included. Articles were accepted for inclusion if they discussed any component of existential suffering when living with COPD and palliative care needs.
resultsThirty-five papers were included within this review comprising of seven systematic reviews, 10 quantitative studies and 18 qualitative studies. The following themes relating to existential suffering were found: Liminality, Lamented Life, Loss of Personal Liberty, Life meaning and Existential isolation. The absence of life meaning, and purpose was of most importance to participants.
conclusionsThis review suggests existential suffering is present and of significant impact within the daily lives of those living with palliative care needs arising from COPD. The absence of life meaning has the most significant impact. Further research is required to understand the essential components of an intervention to address existential suffering for this patient group, to ensure holistic palliative care delivery.
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