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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022

Quality of Life among Next of Kin of Frail Older People in Nursing Homes: An Interview Study after an Educational Intervention concerning Palliative Care.

Gerd Ahlström, Helena Rosén, Eva I Persson

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02708498 (Implementation of Knowledge-Based Palliative Care for Frail Older Persons in Nursing Homes), which is not on this map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Implementation of Knowledge-Based Palliative Care for Frail Older Persons in Nursing Homes

TypeinterventionalSponsorLund UniversityRan2015 to 2017Enrolled1,151ConditionsAgeingArmsEducational Intervention
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Gerd AhlströmDepartment of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Box 157, SE 221 00 Lund, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-6230-7583
Helena RosénDepartment of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Box 157, SE 221 00 Lund, Sweden.
Eva I PerssonDepartment of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Box 157, SE 221 00 Lund, Sweden.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

One cornerstone of palliative care is improving the family's quality of life (QoL). The principles of palliative care have not been sufficiently applied in nursing homes. The aim of this study was to investigate the experiences of QoL of next of kin of frail older persons in nursing homes after an educational intervention concerning palliative care. This qualitative interview study with 37 next of kin used an abductive design with deductive and inductive content analysis. The deductive analysis confirmed the three themes of QoL from the study before the implementation: (1) orientation to the new life-situation, (2) challenges in the relationship, and (3) the significance of the quality of care in the nursing home. The inductive analysis resulted in the sub-theme "Unspoken palliative care". Being the next of kin of an older person living in a nursing home can be distressing despite round-the-clock care, so staff need to apply a more explicitly palliative care perspective. Future research needs to evaluate the influence of meaning-focused coping on next of kin's QoL and integrate this knowledge in psychosocial interventions. Clinical Trial Database for Clinical Research: KUPA project NCT02708498.

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Palliative CareQuality of LifeAgedAged, 80 and overFamilyFrail ElderlyHumansNursing HomesQualitative Researchabductionfamily membersfollow-up studymeaning-focused copingnext of kinpalliative carequalitative methodquality of liferelativeresidential housing

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PMID35270339
PMCPMC8909579

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