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- Title
Effects of a support group programme for patients with life-threatening illness during ongoing palliative care.
- Authors
Henriksson, Anette; Årestedt, Kristofer; Benzein, Eva; Ternestedt, Britt-Marie; Andershed, Birgitta
- Abstract
The article reports a study which discusses the effects of a support group programme for family members of patients with life-threatening illness during ongoing palliative care, to educate them to deal with such patients themselves. The results revealed that interventions like support group programme delivered to family members of patients with life-threatening illness during ongoing palliative care were effective in certain domains of care-giving.
- Subjects
PSYCHOLOGY of caregivers; CATASTROPHIC illness; CHI-squared test; FAMILIES; LONGITUDINAL method; RESEARCH methodology; PALLIATIVE treatment; RESEARCH funding; SCALE analysis (Psychology); SCALES (Weighing instruments); SUPPORT groups; T-test (Statistics); SOCIAL support; DATA analysis software
- Publication
Palliative Medicine, 2013, Vol 27, Issue 3, p257
- ISSN
0269-2163
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0269216312446103