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SynthesisNursing open2024

Factorial structure of quality of life, satisfaction with caregiving and caregiver burden in palliative care: A systematic review.

Laura Llop-Medina, Francisco Ródenas-Rigla, Alfonso Gallego-Valadés, Jorge Garcés-Ferrer

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Synthesis in Nursing open, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Laura Llop-MedinaPolibienestar Research Institute - University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-2084-4385
Francisco Ródenas-RiglaPolibienestar Research Institute - University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
Alfonso Gallego-ValadésPolibienestar Research Institute - University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
Jorge Garcés-FerrerPolibienestar Research Institute - University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
Universitat de València · ES

Funding

Horizon 2020 Framework Programme 825750MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 PID2019-110997RB-I00
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimThe aim of this research is to identify the main approaches and domains of palliative care quality assessment through three questionnaires used for this purpose.

designSystematic review.

methodsThe proposed analysis process consists of three stages from 2000 to 2020: (i) massive literature search, (ii) text mining and (iii) systematic reviews carried out on the QLQ C30, Zarit Burden Interview and FAMCARE questionnaires. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews (PRISMA-P) have guided our research.

resultsSixteen papers were included in our study. The main findings have been summarised using a descriptive narrative synthesis approach. Systematic reviews evidenced that such tools present variable factor structures or latent domains. The results obtained are generally representative of the evidence supporting the factor structure of the QLQ-C30 in the general cancer population. The factor structure of the Zarit Burden Interview remains ambiguous, although the idea of a unifactorial structure predominates. In the case of FAMCARE, most of the factor structures differ from the initial proposal of Kristjanson. The categorisation of the main subjective assessment approaches could be useful for the construction of a coherent system of indicators to be used in nursing practice. For its part, the variability in the latent dimensionality of the questionnaires analysed could be due to: (i) the characteristics of the sample, (ii) the population studied, (iii) cross-cultural variability, (iv) the design of the questionnaire and (v) the analysis techniques employed.

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Caregiver BurdenPalliative CareHumansPersonal SatisfactionQuality of Lifecaregiver burdenfamily carepalliative carequality of lifesystematic review

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PMID38268259
PMCPMC10719539
OpenAlexW4389737880

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