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ArticleBMC palliative care2025

Caregiving burden, receipt of palliative care, and the use of bereavement support: secondary analysis of population-based data.

Maja Furlan de Brito, Lucy E Selman, Natalia Calanzani, Jonathan Koffman, Irene J Higginson, Barbara Gomes

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Article in BMC palliative care, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Maja Furlan de BritoFaculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Azinhaga de Santa Comba, Coimbra, 3000-548, Portugal. maja.furlan@uc.pt.
Lucy E SelmanPalliative and End of Life Care Research Group, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 2PS, UK.
Natalia CalanzaniKing's College London, Cicely Saunders Institute of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, Bessemer Road, London, SE5 9PJ, UK.
Jonathan KoffmanKing's College London, Cicely Saunders Institute of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, Bessemer Road, London, SE5 9PJ, UK.
Irene J HigginsonKing's College London, Cicely Saunders Institute of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, Bessemer Road, London, SE5 9PJ, UK.
Barbara GomesFaculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Azinhaga de Santa Comba, Coimbra, 3000-548, Portugal.

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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia SFRH/BD/136331/2018
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe levels of support needs among people bereaved due to cancer are high; however, bereavement support services are underutilised. Reasons are unknown. We aimed to examine the relationship of caregiving burden and involvement of palliative care with the utilisation of formal bereavement support by family carers of people who died of cancer.

methodsSecondary analysis of population-based mortality follow-back study (QUALYCARE) with bereaved relatives of adults who registered the death of an adult due to cancer and involved in caregiving. We ran a multivariate logistic regression to determine whether caregiving burden and palliative care involvement explain the utilisation of bereavement support.

resultsOut of 523 family members involved in caregiving (66% women, M

conclusionsSubjective experiences such as grief intensity and being present at the moment of death are associated with the need for formal bereavement support, raising the issue of continuity of care for family carers into bereavement. Further research is warranted to better understand the complex relationships between caregiving, bereavement, and the role of palliative care in facilitating access to bereavement support.

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BereavementCaregiversCost of IllnessPalliative CareAdultAgedFemaleHumansLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasmsSocial SupportSurveys and QuestionnairesBereavementCaregiversFamilyGriefNeoplasmsPalliative careSecondary data analysis

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PMCPMC11963336

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