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Sannes TS, Yusufov M, Amonoo HL, Broden EG, Burgers DE, Bain P, Pozo-Kaderman C, Miran DM, Smith TS, Braun IM, Pirl WF. Proxy ratings of psychological well-being in patients with primary brain tumors: A systematic review. Psychooncology 2023; 32:203-213. [PMID: 36371618 PMCID: PMC10373343 DOI: 10.1002/pon.6063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2022] [Revised: 10/14/2022] [Accepted: 10/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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OBJECTIVE This systematic review examined the agreement of proxy ratings of depression and anxiety in neuro-oncology patients. METHODS Searches were conducted across 4 databases (MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO, CINAHL, and Web of Science) to identify studies that compared proxy ratings (non-health care providers) of anxiety and depression in patients with brain cancer. Methodological quality and potential risk of bias were evaluated using the Joanna Briggs Institute Critical Appraisal Checklist. RESULTS Out of the 936 studies that were screened for inclusion, 6 were included for review. The findings were mixed in terms of whether patient and proxy ratings were accurate (e.g., deemed equivalent), with many of the selected studies suggesting moderate level of agreement for several of the selected studies and, when both depression and anxiety were included, depression ratings from proxy raters were more accurate than for anxiety. We identified important limitations across the selected articles, such as low sample size, clarity on defining proxy raters and the different instructions that proxy raters are given when asked to assess patients' mood symptoms. CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggest that proxy ratings of depression and anxiety should be interpreted with caution. While there is some agreement in proxy and patients with brain cancer ratings of depression and anxiety (greater agreement for depression), future work should recruit larger samples, while also remaining mindful of defining proxy raters and the instructions given in collecting these ratings.
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- Timothy S Sannes
- Division of Adult Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Division of Adult Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Division of Adult Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Brigham and Women's Hospital, Mass General Brigham, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Division of Adult Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Division of Adult Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Countway Library, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Division of Adult Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Division of Adult Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Division of Adult Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Division of Adult Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Hoplock LB, Lobchuk MM. Are perspective-taking outcomes always positive? Challenges and mitigation strategies. Nurs Forum 2019; 55:177-181. [PMID: 31724743 DOI: 10.1111/nuf.12413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Engaging in perspective-taking often has positive outcomes for both healthcare providers and patients. Perspective-taking by healthcare providers has been linked to increased patient satisfaction and compliance, patients' positive perceptions of healthcare providers' interpersonal skills, and a reduction in judgmental attitudes toward individuals who engage in health-risk behaviors. The positive outcomes that are associated with perspective-taking are often highlighted in the literature. However, less discussed are the negative outcomes. AIM This paper discusses the positive and negative outcomes associated with perspective-taking and presents potential methods for mitigating negative outcomes. CONCLUSION When designing and implementing perspective-taking interventions, educators and researchers should consider potential negative intervention outcomes and strategies to attenuate these outcomes.
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- Lisa B Hoplock
- Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, College of Nursing, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
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- Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, College of Nursing, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
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Mi E, Mi E, Ewing G, White P, Mahadeva R, Gardener AC, Farquhar M. Do patients and carers agree on symptom burden in advanced COPD? Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis 2018; 13:969-977. [PMID: 29606864 PMCID: PMC5868585 DOI: 10.2147/copd.s147892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Objective Accurate informal carer assessment of patient symptoms is likely to be valuable for decision making in managing the high symptom burden of COPD in the home setting. Few studies have investigated agreement between patients and carers in COPD. We aimed to assess agreement between patients and carers on symptoms, and factors associated with disagreement in a population-based sample of patients with advanced COPD. Patients and methods This was a prospective, cross-sectional analysis of data from 119 advanced COPD patients and their carers. Patients and carers separately rated symptoms on a 4-point scale. Wilcoxon signed-rank tests and weighted Cohen’s kappa determined differences in patient and carer scores and patient–carer agreement, respectively. We identified characteristics associated with incongruence using Spearman’s rank correlation and Mann–Whitney U tests. Results There were no significant differences between group-level patient and carer scores for any symptom. Patient–carer individual-level agreement was moderate for constipation (k=0.423), just below moderate for diarrhea (k=0.393) and fair for depression (k=0.341), fatigue (k=0.294), anxiety (k=0.289) and breathlessness (k=0.210). Estimation of greater patient symptom burden by carers relative to patients themselves was associated with non-spousal patient–carer relationship, non-cohabitating patients and carers, carer symptoms of anxiety and depression and more carer unmet support needs. Greater symptom burden estimation by the patient relative to the carer was associated with younger patients and longer duration of COPD. Conclusion Overall, agreement between patients and carers was fair to moderate and was poorer for more subjective symptoms. There is a need to encourage open dialogue between patients and carers to promote shared understanding, help patients express themselves and encourage carers to draw attention to symptoms that patients do not report. The findings suggest a need to screen for and address both the psychological morbidities in patients with advanced COPD and their carers and unmet support needs in carers.
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- Centre for Family Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge
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- Primary Care and Public Health Sciences, King's College London, London
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Cambridge NIHR BRC, Addenbrookes Hospital
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge
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- School of Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
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Gouveia L, Janvier A, Dupuis F, Duval M, Sultan S. Comparing two types of perspective taking as strategies for detecting distress amongst parents of children with cancer: A randomised trial. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0175342. [PMID: 28384315 PMCID: PMC5383290 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0175342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2017] [Accepted: 03/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Objective To compare two perspective taking strategies on (i) clinicians’ ability to accurately identify negative thoughts and feelings of parents of children with cancer, and (ii) clinician distress. Methods Sixty-three hematology-oncology professionals and nursing students watched a video featuring parents of children with cancer. Participants were randomly assigned to one of two groups. In the imagine-self group, they were instructed to imagine the feelings and life consequences which they would experience if they were in the parents’ position. In the imagine-other group, they were instructed to imagine the feelings and life consequences experienced by the parents. Parent-clinician agreement on thoughts/feelings was evaluated (standard stimulus paradigm). Clinician distress was also assessed. Results The intervention was effective in manipulating perspective type. The groups did not significantly differ on parent-clinician agreement. Concentrating on personal feelings (imagine-self strategy) did predict lower agreement when controlling for trait empathy. Clinician distress was higher in the imagine-self group. Conclusion Although the link between perspective type and detection of distress remains unclear, the results suggest that clinicians who highly focus on their own feelings tend to be less accurate on parental distress and experience more distress themselves. Practice implications This research could potentially improve communication training and burnout prevention.
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- Lucie Gouveia
- Sainte-Justine University Hospital Center (UHC), Montreal, Québec, Canada
- Department of Psychology, University of Montreal, Montreal, Québec, Canada
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- Sainte-Justine University Hospital Center (UHC), Montreal, Québec, Canada
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Montreal, Montreal, Québec, Canada
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- Sainte-Justine University Hospital Center (UHC), Montreal, Québec, Canada
- Faculty of Nursing, University of Montreal, Montreal, Québec, Canada
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- Sainte-Justine University Hospital Center (UHC), Montreal, Québec, Canada
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Montreal, Montreal, Québec, Canada
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- Sainte-Justine University Hospital Center (UHC), Montreal, Québec, Canada
- Department of Psychology, University of Montreal, Montreal, Québec, Canada
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Montreal, Montreal, Québec, Canada
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Leontjevas R, Teerenstra S, Smalbrugge M, Koopmans RT, Gerritsen DL. Quality of life assessments in nursing homes revealed a tendency of proxies to moderate patients' self-reports. J Clin Epidemiol 2016; 80:123-133. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2016.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2015] [Revised: 07/09/2016] [Accepted: 07/18/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Lobchuk M, Halas G, West C, Harder N, Tursunova Z, Ramraj C. Development of a novel empathy-related video-feedback intervention to improve empathic accuracy of nursing students: A pilot study. NURSE EDUCATION TODAY 2016; 46:86-93. [PMID: 27614549 DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2016.08.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2016] [Revised: 08/15/2016] [Accepted: 08/29/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Stressed family carers engage in health-risk behaviours that can lead to chronic illness. Innovative strategies are required to bolster empathic dialogue skills that impact nursing student confidence and sensitivity in meeting carers' wellness needs. PURPOSE To report on the development and evaluation of a promising empathy-related video-feedback intervention and its impact on student empathic accuracy on carer health risk behaviours. DESIGN A pilot quasi-experimental design study with eight pairs of 3rd year undergraduate nursing students and carers. METHODS Students participated in perspective-taking instructional and practice sessions, and a 10-minute video-recorded dialogue with carers followed by a video-tagging task. Quantitative and qualitative approaches helped us to evaluate the recruitment protocol, capture participant responses to the intervention and study tools, and develop a tool to assess student empathic accuracy. MAIN RESULTS The instructional and practice sessions increased student self-awareness of biases and interest in learning empathy by video-tagging feedback. Carers felt that students were 'non-judgmental', inquisitive, and helped them to 'gain new insights' that fostered ownership to change their health-risk behaviour. There was substantial Fleiss Kappa agreement among four raters across five dyads and 67 tagged instances. CONCLUSION In general, students and carers evaluated the intervention favourably. The results suggest areas of improvement to the recruitment protocol, perspective-taking instructions, video-tagging task, and empathic accuracy tool.
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- Michelle Lobchuk
- University of Manitoba, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, College of Nursing, 89 Curry Place, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2, Canada.
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- University of Manitoba, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, College of Medicine, P228-770 Bannatyne Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3E 0W3, Canada.
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- University of Manitoba, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, College of Nursing, 89 Curry Place, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2, Canada.
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- University of Manitoba, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, College of Nursing, 89 Curry Place, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2, Canada.
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- University of Manitoba, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, College of Nursing, 89 Curry Place, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2, Canada.
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- University of Manitoba, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, College of Nursing, 89 Curry Place, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2, Canada.
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Thompson GN, McArthur J, Doupe M. Identifying Markers of Dignity-Conserving Care in Long-Term Care: A Modified Delphi Study. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0156816. [PMID: 27304853 PMCID: PMC4909197 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0156816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2015] [Accepted: 05/19/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Ensuring that people living in nursing homes (NHs) are afforded with dignity in their daily lives is an essential and humane concern. Promoting dignity-conserving care is fundamentally important. By nature, however, this care is all-encompassing and holistic, and from current knowledge it is challenging to create explicit strategies for measuring dignity-conserving care. In practice the majority of current NH indicators of quality care are derived from information that is routinely collected on NH residents using the RAI-Minimum Data Set (MDS). In this regard, issues that are more tangible to resident dignity such as being treated with respect, compassion, and having opportunities to engage with others are not adequately captured in current NH quality of care indicators. An initial set of markers was created by conducting an integrative literature review of existing markers and indicators of dignity in the NH setting. A modified Delphi process was used to prioritize essential dignity-conserving care markers for use by NH providers, based on factors such as the importance to fostering a culture of dignity, the impact it may have on the residents, and how achievable it is in practice. Through this consensus building technique, we were able to develop a comprehensive set of markers that capture the range and diversity of important dignity-conserving care strategies for use in NHs. The final 10 markers were judged as having high face validity by experts in the field and have explicit implications for enhancing the provision of daily dignified care to NH residents. These markers make an important addition to the traditional quality indicators used in the NH setting and as such, bridge an important gap in addressing the psychosocial and the less easily quantified needs of NH residents.
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- Genevieve N. Thompson
- College of Nursing, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
- Manitoba Palliative Care Research Unit, CancerCare Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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Mitchell MM, Robinson AC, Wolff JL, Knowlton AR. Perceived mental health status of drug users with HIV: concordance between caregivers and care recipient reports and associations with caregiving burden and reciprocity. AIDS Behav 2014; 18:1103-13. [PMID: 24385229 DOI: 10.1007/s10461-013-0681-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Because caregivers' monitoring of care recipients' mental health status likely facilitates provision of needed forms of assistance, the current study examines relationship factors associated with agreement in caregiver- and recipient self-reports of recipients' mental health status. Participants were former or current injection drug using persons with HIV/AIDS and their main caregivers (N = 258 dyads). Care recipients completed the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression scale and caregivers responded to a single item rating their recipients' mental health. Nearly two-thirds (64.7 %) of dyads agreed on care recipients' mental health status (κ = .26, p < .001). More secondary stressors of care, less reciprocity, and care recipients' greater physical limitations, substance use, and younger age predicted greater agreement on recipients' having poorer mental health. Greater secondary stressors and lower income were associated with less agreement on care recipients' mental health. Findings, which suggest that promoting reciprocity and alleviating secondary stressors of caregiving may help facilitate these caregivers' improved assessment of their care recipients' mental health status, have implications to dyadic approaches to promote drug users' HIV health outcomes.
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Devine A, Taylor SJC, Spencer A, Diaz-Ordaz K, Eldridge S, Underwood M. The agreement between proxy and self-completed EQ-5D for care home residents was better for index scores than individual domains. J Clin Epidemiol 2014; 67:1035-43. [PMID: 24837298 PMCID: PMC4126106 DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2014.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2013] [Revised: 03/12/2014] [Accepted: 04/09/2014] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Objective Proxy measures are an alternative source of data for care home residents who are unable to complete the health utility measure, but the agreement levels between residents and care home staff for the EQ-5D have not been investigated previously. The objective of the present study was to examine the inter-rater agreement levels for the reporting of EQ-5D by care home residents and staff, adjusting for the impact of clustering. Study Design and Setting The data consist of EQ-5D scores for 565 pairs of care home residents and proxies and quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) for 248 pairs. Cluster-adjusted agreement was compared for the domains, index scores, and QALYs from the EQ-5D. Factors influencing index score agreement are also described. Results The results show poor to fair agreement at the domain level (cluster-adjusted Kappa −0.03 to 0.26) and moderate agreement at the score level (cluster-adjusted intra-class correlation coefficient [ICC] 0.44–0.50) and for QALYs (cluster-adjusted ICC 0.59). A higher likelihood of depression and lower cognitive impairment were both associated with smaller discrepancy between proxy and self-completed scores. Conclusion Proxies appear to be an acceptable source of data for index scores and QALYs but may be less reliable if individual domains are considered.
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- Angela Devine
- Department of Health Services Research and Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, 15-17 Tavistock Place, London, United Kingdom WC1H 9SH.
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- Queen Mary University of London, 58 Turner Street, London, United Kingdom, E1 2AB
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- University of Exeter Medical School, Veysey Building, Salmon Pool Lane, Exeter, United Kingdom, EX2 4SN
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- Department of Health Services Research and Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, 15-17 Tavistock Place, London, United Kingdom WC1H 9SH
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- Queen Mary University of London, 58 Turner Street, London, United Kingdom, E1 2AB
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Ersek M, Carpenter JG. Geriatric palliative care in long-term care settings with a focus on nursing homes. J Palliat Med 2013; 16:1180-7. [PMID: 23984636 DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2013.9474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Almost 1.7 million older Americans live in nursing homes, representing a large proportion of the frailest, most vulnerable elders needing long-term care. In the future, increasing numbers of older adults are expected to spend time and to die in nursing homes. Thus, understanding and addressing the palliative care needs of this population are critical. The goals of this paper are to describe briefly the current state of knowledge about palliative care needs, processes, and outcomes for nursing home residents; identify gaps in this knowledge; and propose priorities for future research in this area.
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- Mary Ersek
- 1 Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, Philadelphia VA Medical Center , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Giovannetti ER, Reider L, Wolff JL, Frick KD, Boult C, Steinwachs D, Boyd CM. Do older patients and their family caregivers agree about the quality of chronic illness care? Int J Qual Health Care 2013; 25:515-24. [PMID: 23980119 DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzt052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Family caregivers often accompany patients to medical visits; however, it is unclear whether caregivers rate the quality of patients' care similarly to patients. This study aimed to (1) quantify the level of agreement between patients' and caregivers' reports on the quality of patients' care and (2) determine how the level of agreement varies by caregiver and patient characteristics. DESIGN Cross-sectional analysis. PARTICIPANTS Multimorbid older (aged 65 and above) adults and their family caregivers (n = 247). METHODS Quality of care was rated separately by patients and their caregivers using the Patient Assessment of Chronic Illness Care (PACIC) instrument. The level of agreement was examined using a weighted kappa statistic (Kw). RESULTS Agreement of caregivers' and patients' PACIC scores was low (Kw = 0.15). Patients taking ten or more medications per day showed less agreement with their caregivers about the quality of care than patients taking five or fewer medications (Kw = 0.03 and 0.34, respectively, P < 0.05). Caregivers who reported greater difficulty assisting patients with health care tasks had less agreement with patients about the quality of care being provided when compared with caregivers who reported no difficulty (Kw = -0.05 and 0.31, respectively, P < .05). Patient-caregiver dyads had greater agreement on objective questions than on subjective questions (Kw = 0.25 and 0.15, respectively, P > 0.05). CONCLUSION Patient-caregiver dyads following a more complex treatment plan (i.e. taking many medications) or having more difficulty following a treatment plan (i.e. having difficulty with health care tasks) had less agreement. Future qualitative research is needed to elucidate the underlying reasons patients and caregivers rate the quality of care differently.
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- Erin R Giovannetti
- National Committee for Quality Assurance, 1100 13th St. NW, Suite 2000, Washington, DC 20005, USA.
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Hui D, Morgado M, Vidal M, Withers L, Nguyen Q, Chisholm G, Finch C, Bruera E. Dyspnea in hospitalized advanced cancer patients: subjective and physiologic correlates. J Palliat Med 2013; 16:274-80. [PMID: 23398052 DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2012.0364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE It is unclear if physiologic measures are useful for assessing dyspnea. We examined the association among the subjective rating of dyspnea according to patients with advanced cancer, caregivers and nurses, and various physiologic measures. METHODS We conducted a cross-sectional survey of patients with cancer hospitalized at MD Anderson Cancer Center. We asked patients, caregivers, and nurses to assess the patients' dyspnea at the time of study enrollment independently using a numeric rating scale (0=none, 10=worst). Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale (ESAS) ratings, causes of dyspnea, vitals, and Respiratory Distress Observation Scale [RDOS] ratings were collected. RESULTS A total of 299 patients were enrolled in the study: average age 62 (range 20-98), female 47%, lung cancer 37%, and oxygen use 57%. The median RDOS rating was 2/16 (interquartile range 1-3) and the number of potential causes was 3 (range 2-4), with pleural effusion (n=166, 56%), pneumonia (n=144, 48%), and lung metastasis (n=125, 42%) being the most common. The median intensity of patients' dyspnea at the time of assessment was 3 (interquartile range 0-6) for patients, 4 (interquartile range 1-6) for caregivers, and 2 (interquartile range 0-3) for bedside nurses. Patients' expression of dyspnea correlated moderately with caregivers' (r=0.68, p<0.001) and nurses' (r=0.50, p<0.001) assessments, and weakly with RDOS (r=0.35, p<0.001), oxygen level (r=0.32, p<0.001), and the number of potential causes (r=0.19, p=0.001). In multivariate analysis, patients' dyspnea was only independently associated with ESAS dyspnea (p=0.002) and dyspnea as assessed by caregivers (p<0.001). CONCLUSION Patients' level of dyspnea was weakly associated with physiologic measures. Caregivers' perception may be a useful surrogate for dyspnea assessment.
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- David Hui
- Department of Palliative Care and Rehabilitation Medicine, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
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Akin S, Durna Z. A comparative descriptive study examining the perceptions of cancer patients, family caregivers, and nurses on patient symptom severity in Turkey. Eur J Oncol Nurs 2013; 17:30-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejon.2012.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2011] [Revised: 02/07/2012] [Accepted: 02/09/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Challenge of assessing symptoms in seriously ill intensive care unit patients: can proxy reporters help? Crit Care Med 2012; 40:2760-7. [PMID: 22890258 DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0b013e31825b94d8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Determine levels of agreement among intensive care unit patients and their family members, nurses, and physicians (proxies) regarding patients' symptoms and compare levels of mean intensity (i.e., the magnitude of a symptom sensation) and distress (i.e., the degree of emotionality that a symptom engenders) of symptoms among patients and proxy reporters. DESIGN Prospective study of proxy reporters of symptoms in seriously ill patients. SETTINGS Two intensive care units in a tertiary medical center in the Western United States. PATIENTS Two hundred and forty-five intensive care unit patients, 243 family members, 103 nurses, and 92 physicians. INTERVENTIONS None. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS On the basis of the magnitude of intraclass correlation coefficients, where coefficients from .35 to .78 are considered to be appropriately robust, correlation coefficients between patients' and family members' ratings met this criterion (≥.35) for intensity in six of ten symptoms. No intensity ratings between patients and nurses had intraclass correlation coefficients >.32. Three symptoms had intensity correlation coefficients of ≥.36 between patients' and physicians' ratings. Correlation coefficients between patients and family members were >.40 for five symptom-distress ratings. No symptoms had distress correlation coefficients of ≥.28 between patients' and nurses' ratings. Two symptoms had symptom-distress correlation coefficients between patients' and physicians' ratings at >.39. Family members, nurses, and physicians reported higher symptom-intensity scores than patients did for 80%, 60%, and 60% of the symptoms, respectively. Family members, nurses, and physicians reported higher symptom-distress scores than patients did for 90%, 70%, and 80% of the symptoms, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Patient-family intraclass correlation coefficients were sufficiently close for us to consider using family members to help assess intensive care unit patients' symptoms. Relatively low intraclass correlation coefficients between intensive care unit clinicians' and patients' symptom ratings indicate that some proxy raters overestimate whereas others underestimate patients' symptoms. Proxy overestimation of patients' symptom scores warrants further study because this may influence decisions about treating patients' symptoms.
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Kruse RL, Parker Oliver D, Wittenberg-Lyles E, Demiris G. Conducting the ACTIVE randomized trial in hospice care: keys to success. Clin Trials 2012; 10:160-9. [PMID: 23104974 DOI: 10.1177/1740774512461858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Untreated pain is common for patients at the end of life. Informal caregivers, often family or friends of patients, are responsible for working with hospice staff to provide pain management. Interdisciplinary team meetings conducted in hospices every 2 weeks provide an opportunity for hospice staff to communicate about pain management with informal caregivers of hospice patients. PURPOSE We present challenges, solutions, and keys strategies for carrying out a randomized trial in the hospice setting. METHODS We are conducting the Assessing Caregivers for Team Intervention through Video Encounters (ACTIVE) study to determine whether regular videoconferencing between hospice patients' informal caregivers and the hospice care team alters caregivers' perceptions of pain management and patients' pain. Participants must be primary caregivers for a hospice patient, at least 18 years of age, capable of providing informed consent, and have access to a computer with a high-speed Internet connection or a telephone. We randomized caregivers to participate in biweekly team meetings through video or phone conferencing (intervention) or to receive usual care from the hospice. All patients receive standard hospice care regardless of the group assignment of their informal caregiver. RESULTS As of 1 July 2012, there have been 1038 new admissions to the participating hospices. Of 391 cases in which no contact was made, 233 patients had died or had life expectancy less than 14 days. Home visits were made to 271 interested and eligible caregivers; 249 caregivers of 233 patients were randomly assigned to the usual care or intervention arm. Enrollment is on pace to meet recruitment goals. Lessons Learned Thorough pilot testing of instruments and procedures helped us overcome barriers to conducting research in this vulnerable population. Keys to success included obtaining support from hospice medical directors, including hospice staff in study preparation, minimizing the burden on hospice staff, housing research staff in each participating hospice, using newsletters to enhance communication, developing and maintaining a detailed procedural manual, producing regular data quality reports, developing a secure site to facilitate coding videos for qualitative studies, and holding regular teleconferences with key staff. LIMITATIONS Late enrollment of many patients in hospice left little to no time for their caregivers to take part in the intervention. Assisting caregivers of patients with very short life expectancy may require different methods. CONCLUSIONS The challenges of conducting randomized trials with hospice patients and caregivers can be addressed with appropriate study design, well-tested research methods, and proactive monitoring of any issues or problems.
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- Robin L Kruse
- Curtis W. and Ann H. Long Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65212, USA.
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Armstrong TS, Wefel JS, Gning I, Acquaye A, Vera-Bolanos E, Gilbert MR, Cleeland CS, Mendoza T. Congruence of primary brain tumor patient and caregiver symptom report. Cancer 2012; 118:5026-37. [PMID: 22415423 DOI: 10.1002/cncr.27483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2011] [Revised: 12/19/2011] [Accepted: 01/23/2012] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND Evaluating the severity of symptoms in patients with primary brain tumors (PBTs) is important in clinical care and research but may be difficult due to patient neurocognitive (NC) impairment. This study was conducted to evaluate the congruence of symptom reporting in patient and caregiver dyads, examining potential impact of NC impairment and Karnofsky performance status (KPS). METHODS PBT patients undergoing NC testing and their caregivers were included in this study. These dyads (paired patient and caregiver group) completed the MD Anderson Symptom Inventory-Brain Tumor Module prior to testing, and impairment was categorized based on NC test scores. Concordance and equivalency was then assessed using Bland-Altman analysis and 2 one-sided techniques. RESULTS A total of 115 dyads participated. Median patient and caregiver age was 49 and 51 years, respectively, and 63% of patients were male (73% female caregivers). Most patients had a good KPS (≥90, 66%) but were classified as NC impaired (58%). Caregiver's report of patient symptoms are congruent to the self-report of the patient. Equivalency between patient and caregiver report were found using prespecified confidence intervals. KPS group (good, ≥90; poor, ≤80) comparisons of equivalency indicated no significant differences in symptoms and interference reporting between dyads (good = 0.49, P > .05; and poor = 0.3, P > .05) overall, but there was a tendency for higher report by caregivers if the patients had a poor KPS. CONCLUSIONS Caregivers of PBT patients have similar assessments of symptom severity (highly congruent) with patient self-report regardless of NC function or KPS. These findings suggest that caregivers may serve as proxy report of symptoms for primary brain tumor patients.
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- Terri S Armstrong
- Department of Family Health, University of Texas Health Science Center-School of Nursing, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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Goodman M, Steenland NK, Almon ML, Liff JS, Dilorio CK, Butler SO, Ekwueme DU, Hall IJ, Smith JL, Master VA, Roberts PL. Prostate cancer treatment ascertained from several sources: analysis of disagreement and error. Ann Oncol 2012; 23:256-263. [PMID: 21471565 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdr040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Treatment data for prostate cancer can be obtained from a variety of sources. Each of these sources has its own strengths and weaknesses and is subject to error. MATERIALS AND METHODS In a population-based cohort of 319 prostate cancer patients, data on treatment were obtained from five sources: two patient interviews at 6 and 12 months after diagnosis, primary caregiver interviews, physician questionnaires, and medical records. Inter-reporting agreement and accuracy of reporting (compared with medical records) were assessed. Multivariate analyses examined patient, caregiver, and physician characteristics as determinants of reporting error. RESULTS The agreement among different reporting methods was generally good to excellent for prostatectomy and brachytherapy (kappa range 0.70-0.90) and fair to good (kappa range 0.35-0.75) for external beam radiation and hormonal treatment. Compared with medical records, the interview- and questionnaire-based data collection methods were more accurate for prostatectomy and brachytherapy than for external beam radiation and hormonal therapy. Using medical records as the 'gold standard', patient and caregiver interviews at 6 months after the diagnosis had higher sensitivity and specificity than other reporting sources. CONCLUSION Interviews of prostate cancer patients and caregivers are useful alternatives to medical record abstraction, particularly if carried out during, or soon after, treatment.
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- Department of Epidemiology, Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health; Georgia Comprehensive Cancer Registry; Departments of.
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- Georgia Comprehensive Cancer Registry; Departments of
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- Department of Epidemiology, Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health; Georgia Comprehensive Cancer Registry; Departments of
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- Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health
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- Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health
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- Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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- Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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- Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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- Department of Urology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta
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- Southwest Georgia Cancer Coalition, Albany, USA
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Jones JM, McPherson CJ, Zimmermann C, Rodin G, Le LW, Cohen SR. Assessing agreement between terminally ill cancer patients' reports of their quality of life and family caregiver and palliative care physician proxy ratings. J Pain Symptom Manage 2011; 42:354-65. [PMID: 21454041 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2010.11.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2010] [Revised: 11/22/2010] [Accepted: 11/23/2010] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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CONTEXT Proxy ratings, if valid, may provide an alternative approach to evaluating patient quality of life (QoL) at the end of life. OBJECTIVES To examine agreement between terminally ill cancer patients' self-reported QoL and proxy assessment of patient QoL by their family caregiver (FCG) and palliative care physicians (PCPs) at two time points. METHODS Patients admitted to an acute palliative care unit and their FCGs and PCPs completed the McGill Quality of Life Questionnaire (MQOL) at Days 3 and 6 after admission. Response bias and response precision were examined at the individual and group levels. Furthermore, we examined patient factors affecting agreement and responsiveness of proxy MQOL scores to changes in patients' QoL between Days 3 and 6. RESULTS Statistically and clinically significant mean differences were detected between the patient and both proxy groups' reports of QoL on Day 3, with the magnitude of the differences decreasing somewhat by Day 6. Proxies underestimated patients' QoL compared with patients' self-report. Response precision based on intraclass correlation values and proportion of approximate agreement was poor to fair at both time points. Agreement was better for patients with greater physical burden and more cognitive difficulties. Proxies' responsiveness to change from Day 3 to Day 6 was low, and proxies were not able to detect minimally important changes in QoL. CONCLUSION The findings suggest that moderate agreement between patient and proxy ratings of QoL develops over time but that precision at the individual level, which is more clinically relevant, is less reliable. New strategies for improving proxy reliability are needed.
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- Jennifer M Jones
- Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Lobchuk MM, McPherson CJ, McClement SE, Cheang M. A comparison of patient and family caregiver prospective control over lung cancer. J Adv Nurs 2011; 68:1122-33. [PMID: 21883407 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05819.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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AIM This paper is a report of our secondary analysis of patient and family caregiver prospective control in lung cancer. BACKGROUND Control beliefs underlie self-care in sickness and health. Self-care often involves 'shared' activities between the afflicted individual and caregiving family and friends. However, depending on how control is perceived, conflicts can occur in decision-making thus jeopardizing optimal self-care. We need to comprehend how control beliefs compare between patients and caregivers and how their control beliefs are linked with dealing with serious illness. METHODS Based on questionnaire data collected in our larger study between September 2005 and February 2009, we conducted exploratory comparative analyses of 304 patients' and caregivers' control beliefs in managing lung cancer. Eight 5-point response items captured prospective control. Exploratory factor analysis with promax rotation was conducted to compare dyadic perceptions on the dimensionality of prospective control. We also conducted exploratory correlations between control beliefs and smoking cessation, attributional reactions, caregiver helping and symptom reports. RESULTS Principal component analysis identified the same factors for patients and caregivers: factor 1, Fate control and factor 2, Team control. Patient and caregiver 'Fate' and 'Team' control sub-scales were respectively associated with hope, caregiver helping and patient smoking cessation. CONCLUSION Clinicians need to support, adapt or develop a philosophy of cancer care that is inclusive of partnerships, drawing on beliefs of patients and caregivers that controlling lung cancer is a team effort which in turn is tentatively linked to patient smoking cessation, positive emotions and caregiver helping.
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Hisamura K, Matsushima E, Nagai H, Mikami A. Comparison of patient and family assessments of quality of life of terminally ill cancer patients in Japan. Psychooncology 2010; 20:953-60. [PMID: 20623804 DOI: 10.1002/pon.1802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2009] [Revised: 05/31/2010] [Accepted: 06/08/2010] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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OBJECTIVE This study examined the extent and the nature of agreement on health-related quality of life (QOL) assessments between terminally ill cancer patients and their primary family caregivers in Japan, using a multidimensional QOL instrument including psychosocial and spiritual domains. METHODS The Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Spiritual well-being questionnaire was used to assess patients' QOL. Study subjects were inpatients of a palliative care unit (PCU), outpatients who applied for admission to the PCU, and their primary family caregivers. RESULTS QOL ratings were obtained from 102 of 197 eligible patient-caregiver dyads. A moderate level of patient-family concordance on patients' overall QOL as well as families' underestimation of patients' QOL were observed. Families reported on observable domains of patients' QOL more reliably and assessed subjective aspects, such as psychospiritual concerns less accurately. Families tended to underrate the patients' social aspect of QOL, whereas most patients gave the highest rating on support from their families. The spiritual domain, particularly regarding faith, showed the least agreement. The size of the systematic bias between patient and family assessments on the patients' QOL was moderate (>0.50). CONCLUSIONS Families' limited ability to assess psychosocial and spiritual aspects of patients' QOL may suggest the need for better approaches or measures to assess these aspects of a patient's life. The systematic bias was larger than in earlier studies. Further investigation is needed to identify factors affecting patient-family discord on QOL assessments to guide effective interventions to enhance patient-caregiver agreement. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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- Kazuho Hisamura
- Section of Liaison Psychiatry and Palliative Medicine, Department of Comprehensive Diagnosis and Therapeutics, Division of Comprehensive Patient Care, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
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Bamm EL, Rosenbaum P, Stratford P. Validation of the measure of processes of care for adults: a measure of client-centred care. Int J Qual Health Care 2010; 22:302-9. [DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzq031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Patients' self reports and caregivers' perception of symptoms in Turkish cancer patients. Eur J Oncol Nurs 2010; 14:119-24. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejon.2009.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2008] [Revised: 06/10/2009] [Accepted: 08/21/2009] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Do palliative patients and carers agree about patients' psychological functioning? Palliat Support Care 2010; 8:69-74. [DOI: 10.1017/s1478951509990721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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AbstractObjective:Palliative care clinicians and researchers often seek information about patients from informants. This research examines the extent of agreement between information from patients and family caregivers who were asked to serve as collateral sources of information about the patient.Method:Sixty-six patients with advanced cancer and their family caregivers participated in the study. Two measurement contexts were examined: Direct observation of patients' cognitive performance (Mini-Mental State Examination) was compared with carers' subjective reports about patients' everyday cognition (Cognitive Decline subscale of the Psychogeriatric Assessment Scale), and subjective reports about patient depression were compared between patients and carers who completed parallel forms of the same scale (Geriatric Depression Scale and Geriatric Depression Scale–Collateral Source, respectively). The relationship between patient-completed and carer-completed measures was examined in four ways: the correlation between total scores in the sample, agreement about the prevalence of impaired functioning and of specific symptoms in the sample, agreement concerning whether particular patients showed impaired functioning, and agreement about the presence or absence of a specific symptom for a particular patient.Results:Although most measures of agreement showed that information provided by patients and carers was related, the magnitude of discrepancies was substantial.Significance of results:There was no empirical justification for substituting information from a collateral source for information provided by the patient for any of the measures of agreement for either cognition or depression. The use of information from collateral sources is most appropriate when information from the patient is likely to be incomplete or inaccurate, when insight into caregivers' needs or understanding is sought, and when using a multi-informant approach to assessment.
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Krug R, Karus D, Selwyn PA, Raveis VH. Late-stage HIV/AIDS patients' and their familial caregivers' agreement on the palliative care outcome scale. J Pain Symptom Manage 2010; 39:23-32. [PMID: 19782531 PMCID: PMC2815071 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2009.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2008] [Revised: 04/27/2009] [Accepted: 05/14/2009] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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This study compares the self-assessments of 67 late-stage HIV/AIDS patients regarding their symptomatology, sense of self-worth, and several other aspects of their health-care situation, to assessments of that situation provided by their informal caregivers. As part of a dyadic study of care preferences, the patients and caregivers independently completed nearly identical versions of the Palliative Care Outcome Scale, a short 10-item measure of the patient's current health, social, and psychological status. The participants in the study were recruited from inpatient and outpatient services at an urban medical center. Substantial or moderate agreement, assessed by weighted kappa, was found between patient and caregiver assessments with regard to only four items assessing physical or emotional states of the patient (pain, other symptoms, anxiety, and life worthwhile). Fair or slight agreement was found for the six remaining items, including those assessing the patient's sense of self-worth, family/friends' anxiety, interactions with family/friends, and practical matters. Mean ratings of self-worth were significantly different for patients and caregivers. These findings underscore the clinical need to assess patient care outcomes directly, and they suggest the importance of facilitating more effective communication about relevant health issues among seriously ill patients, caregivers, and health-care providers.
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- Rachel Krug
- Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA
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Proxy assessment of health-related quality of life in african american and white respondents with prostate cancer: perspective matters. Med Care 2009; 47:176-83. [PMID: 19169118 DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0b013e31818475f4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVES An emerging issue in the proxy literature is whether specifying different proxy viewpoints contributes to different health-related quality of life (HRQL) assessments, and if so, how might each perspective be informative in medical decision making. The aims of this study were to determine if informal caregiver assessments of patients with prostate cancer differed when prompted from both the patient perspective (proxy-patient) and their own viewpoint (proxy-proxy), and to identify factors associated with differences in proxy perspectives (ie, the intraproxy gap). RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Using a cross-sectional design, prostate cancer patients and their informal caregivers were recruited from urology clinics in the Jesse Brown Veterans Affairs Healthcare System in Chicago. Dyads assessed HRQL using the EQ-5D visual analog scale (VAS) and EORTC QLQ-C30. RESULTS Of 87 dyads, most caregivers were female (83%) and were spouses/partners (58%). Mean difference scores between proxy-patient and proxy-proxy perspectives were statistically significant for QLQ-C30 physical and emotional functioning, and VAS (all P < 0.05), with the proxy-patient perspective closer to patient self-report. Emotional functioning had the largest difference, mean 6.0 (SD 12.8), an effect size = 0.47. Factors weakly correlated with the intraproxy gap included relationship (spouse) and proxy gender for role functioning, and health literacy (limited/functional) for physical functioning (all P < 0.05, 0.20 < r < 0.35). CONCLUSIONS Meaningful differences between proxy-patient and proxy-proxy perspectives on mental health were consistent with a conceptual framework for understanding proxy perspectives. Prompting different proxy viewpoints on patient health could help clinicians identify patients who may benefit from clinical intervention.
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Two Perspectives of Proxy Reporting of Health-Related Quality of Life Using the Euroqol-5D, An Investigation of Agreement. Med Care 2008; 46:1140-8. [DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0b013e31817d69a6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Lobchuk MM, McClement SE, Daeninck PJ, Elands H. Caregiver thoughts and feelings in response to different perspective-taking prompts. J Pain Symptom Manage 2007; 33:420-33. [PMID: 17397703 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2006.09.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2006] [Revised: 09/04/2006] [Accepted: 09/06/2006] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Both conceptual and empirical evidence in the caregiving literature suggest that "how" informal caregivers are prompted to think about patient experiences can impact their ability to achieve perceptual agreement with patients on symptom events. Researchers have begun to test the effects of different clinical questions with caregivers or a proxy on their perceptual agreement with patient self-reports. However, there are gaps in understanding caregivers' underlying thoughts and feelings when they are prompted to take different vantage points on the patient's symptom experiences. To assess these thoughts and feelings, content analysis was performed on verbal responses to an open-ended interview schedule, in which caregivers were questioned about their thoughts and feelings in one of three randomly assigned instructional conditions-neutral, imagine-patient, and imagine-self perspective-taking. Responses were classified into one of five cue categories: patient-oriented, caregiver-oriented, generalized other, feeling distanced, and other. Caregivers tended to respond to patient symptom experiences in ways that suggest it is innate for caregivers in intimate relationships to make an effort to imagine the patient's viewpoint on symptom events. When caregivers were prompted to imagine the patient's perspective, "labeling" processes were also triggered that denote a categorization process in which caregivers interpreted the meaning of simple patient information arising in the care situation. A large portion of caregivers in the neutral and imagine-patient conditions reported feeling distanced from patients in light of perceived communication difficulties.
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- Michelle M Lobchuk
- Faculty of Nursing, Helen Glass Center for Nursing, University of Manitoba, Manitoba, Canada.
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