Abstract: Research on anticipatory grief (AG) has been more focused on the experience of relatives than the terminally ill patients. This study will present qualitative ‘thick descriptions’ of advanced cancer patient’s experience of AG and explore how it is experienced in the family context.
Door annelies_verachtert op Zat, 30/08/2014 - 00:00
Abstract: The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between negative religious coping (NRC) and suicidal ideation in patients with advanced cancer, controlling for demographic and disease characteristics and risk and protective factors for suicidal ideation.
De bedoeling van dit descriptief onderzoek is om bij elk overlijden in het Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel in Jette - voor de periode van september 2011 tot en met november 2011 - na te gaan welke beslissingen er bij het levenseinde genomen zijn. Naast de incidentie worden demografische gegevens van de patiënt, karakteristieken van de behandelend arts en kenmerken van het beslissingsproces bij het levenseinde mee in rekening gebracht. Door middel van de overlijdensakte wordt de behandelend arts gecontacteerd met de vraag om een gestandaardiseerd interview te laten afnemen.
Door annelies_verachtert op Woe, 30/07/2014 - 00:00
Abstract: Adequate knowledge of prognosis is a prerequisite for planning appropriate end-of-life (EOL) care. However, questions remain about whether the association between prognostic under- standing and EOL-care intensity reflects terminally ill cancer patients’ preferences for EOL care. This study investigated the associations between accurate prognostic understanding and EOL-care prefer- ences, and identified correlates of accurate prognostic understanding.
Door annelies_verachtert op Woe, 30/07/2014 - 00:00
Abstract:Fatigue is the most frequently occurring and distressing symptom in patients with advanced cancer, caused by multiple factors. Neither a specific histological diagnosis of malignancy nor the type of anticancer treatment seem to be strongly related to fatigue, which support the idea that other factors may play a role. This study investigated to what extent the model of fatigue-perpetuating factors that is known for cancer survivors was applicable for patients with advanced cancer.