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Patano A, Wyatt G, Lehto R. Palliative and End-of-Life Family Caregiving in Rural Areas: A Scoping Review of Social Determinants of Health and Emotional Well-Being. J Palliat Med 2024. [PMID: 38598274 DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2023.0566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/11/2024] Open
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Introduction: Due to their remote location, rural-dwelling family caregivers (FCGs) experience geographic and psychosocial challenges when providing home-based palliative and end-of-life (PEOL) care for their care recipient. Limited research has evaluated the social and environmental factors that may compound FCG burden and contribute to adverse emotional health outcomes among rural-dwelling PEOL FCGs. Objective: To characterize the social determinants of health (SDOH) that affect the provision of PEOL care among rural-dwelling FCGs, along with symptoms of anxiety and depression. Methods: A scoping review was conducted using Arksey and O'Malley's Framework. Searches were conducted in PubMed, CINAHL, PsycINFO, and Cochrane, and 511 articles published between 2010 and 2023 were screened. Keywords included "rural," "PEOL care," and "FCG." Inclusion criteria included FCGs, ages ≥18 years; findings reported on SDOH, anxiety, and/or depressive symptoms; within a rural context; and U.S. based. Findings: In this review, 18 studies met eligibility and were included. Apart from six studies that specifically investigated Black and Latinx FCGs, most FCGs were middle-aged White female spouses. SDOH impacting PEOL care provision included: limited access to PEOL services due to remote distance and travel needs for services; low health literacy in medical terminology and patient symptom management; limited English-language proficiency; perceived clinician racial and ethnic discrimination; financial vulnerabilities affecting health care coverage; and underdeveloped infrastructure. These barriers negatively impacted decision making, communication with clinicians, and patient symptom management. FCGs reported emotional distress related to patients' symptom management and limited opportunities for respite. There was a limited investigation of emotional well-being and minimal interventions aimed toward improving rural-dwelling FCG emotional health. The presence of community support promoted hospice use and facilitated the provision of care. Conclusions: FCGs are vulnerable to adverse emotional health when providing home-based PEOL care. Research is needed to develop supportive interventions (e.g., digital health) for rural-dwelling FCGs.
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- Arienne Patano
- College of Nursing, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
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- College of Nursing, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
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- College of Nursing, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
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Mushi GL, Serventi F, Alloyce JP, Saria VF, Xu X, Khan K, Cheng Q, Chen Y. Willingness of advanced cancer patients to receive palliative care and its determinants: A cross-sectional study in Northern Tanzania. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0290377. [PMID: 37796779 PMCID: PMC10553290 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0290377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2022] [Accepted: 08/07/2023] [Indexed: 10/07/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to assess willingness of advanced cancer patients to receive palliative care and its determinants at Cancer Care Centre in Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre Northern Tanzania. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to assess willingness of advanced cancer patients to receive palliative care and its determinants at Cancer Care Centre in Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre Northern Tanzania. METHODS This was an institution-based cross-sectional study and the target population was all advanced cancer patients attending care at Cancer care Centre in Northern Tanzania. Data was collected using a structured questionnaire and analysed using Stata for windows 15. A descriptive analysis was conducted to summarize the data using mean standard deviation, while categorical data was summarized using frequency and percentages. Both bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to determine the predictors associated with willingness to receive palliative care. RESULTS The results showed that more than half of the respondents had willingness to accept palliative care. The degree of willingness PC among advanced cancer patients was high 60.6% (95%CI: 55.8-65.3). The predictors which remained significant associated with willingness to receive palliative care in multivariate analysis were the knowledgeable of palliative care [AOR: 2.86; 95%CI: 1.69-4.85] and high perceived benefits of palliative care [AOR: 3.58; 95%CI: 2.12-6.04]. CONCLUSION Willingness to accept palliative care services was more than half of the patients just 60.6% among patients with advanced cancer from the study site. Advanced age of a patient, occupations, better knowledge, and perceived benefits for palliative care was the significant predictor for patients' willingness to accept palliative care.
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- Grace Leonard Mushi
- Xiangya School of Nursing, Central South University, Changsha City, Hunan Province, People’s Republic of China
- Department of Nursing, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
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- Department of Oncology, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
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- Department of Oncology, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
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- Department of Nursing, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
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- Xiangya School of Nursing, Central South University, Changsha City, Hunan Province, People’s Republic of China
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- Xiangya School of Nursing, Central South University, Changsha City, Hunan Province, People’s Republic of China
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- Xiangya School of Nursing, Central South University, Changsha City, Hunan Province, People’s Republic of China
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- Xiangya School of Nursing, Central South University, Changsha City, Hunan Province, People’s Republic of China
- Nursing Department, Hunan Cancer Hospital and The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Changsha, Hunan Province, China
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Barragan-Carrillo R, Pabon CM, Chavarri-Guerra Y, Soto-Perez-de-Celis E, Duma N. End-of-Life Care and Advanced Directives in Hispanic/Latinx Patients: Challenges and Solutions for the Practicing Oncologist. Oncologist 2022; 27:1074-1080. [PMID: 36288534 DOI: 10.1093/oncolo/oyac211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2022] [Accepted: 09/13/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Advanced end-of-life care (EOL) comprises a group of strategies to provide comfort to patients at the end of life. These are associated with better quality of life, better satisfaction, and a lower rate of hospitalizations and aggressive medical treatment. Advanced EOL care, including advanced directives completion and hospice enrollment, is suboptimal among Hispanic/Latinx patients with cancer due to personal, socio-cultural, financial, and health system-related barriers, as well as due to a lack of studies specifically designed for this population. In addition, the extrapolation of programs that increase participation in EOL for non-white Hispanics may not work appropriately for Hispanic/Latinx patients and lead to overall lower satisfaction and enrollment in EOL care. This review will provide the practicing oncologist with the tools to address EOL in the Hispanic/Latinx population. Some promising strategies to address the EOL care disparities in Latinx/Hispanic patients have been culturally tailored patient navigation programs, geriatric assessment-guided multidisciplinary interventions, counseling sessions, and educational interventions. Through these strategies, we encourage oncologists to take advantage of every clinical setting to discuss EOL care. Treating physicians can engage family members in caring for their loved ones while practicing cultural humility and respecting cultural preferences, incorporating policies to foster treatment for the underserved migrant population, and providing patients with validated Spanish language tools.
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- Regina Barragan-Carrillo
- Hematology-Oncology Department Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Department of Geriatrics, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubiran, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Hematology-Oncology Department Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Cardenas V, Fennell G, Enguidanos S. Hispanics and Hospice: A Systematic Literature Review. Am J Hosp Palliat Care 2022; 40:552-573. [PMID: 35848308 PMCID: PMC9845431 DOI: 10.1177/10499091221116068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Background. Hospice has been shown to improve patient and family satisfaction with care, reduce hospitalizations and hospital costs, and reduce pain and symptoms. Despite more than 40 years of hospice care and related research in the U.S., few studies examining hospice experiences have included Hispanics. Thus, little is known about hospice barriers, facilitators, and outcomes among Hispanics.Aim. This systematic literature review aimed to provide a comprehensive overview of studies assessing knowledge of and attitudes toward hospice, barriers and facilitators to hospice use, utilization patterns, and hospice-related outcomes among Hispanics.Design. Between March 2019 and March 2020 we searched Ovid Medline (PubMed), EMBASE, and CINAHL, using search terms for hospice care, end-of-life care, Hispanics, and Latinos. All steps were guided by the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis Protocols. U.S. studies that examined Hispanics' knowledge and attitudes towards hospice, facilitators or barriers to hospice use, hospice use, and hospice-related outcomes were included. Qualitative studies and non-empirical work were excluded. Study quality was assessed using Hawker's quality criteria.Results. Of the 4,841 abstracts reviewed, 41 peer-reviewed articles met the inclusion criteria. These studies largely report lower hospice knowledge and awareness among Hispanics and mixed results around hospice use and outcomes in comparison to Whites.Conclusion. There has been relatively little research focused specifically on Hispanics' experience with hospice. Future research should focus on testing interventions for overcoming hospice-related disparities among Hispanics and on improving access to quality hospice care among terminally ill Hispanics.
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- Valeria Cardenas
- Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Larson KL, Jewell GD, Maldonado MF, Braxton ME, Johnson LA. Call the Rezadora: Aiding Latino Families at the End of Life. HISPANIC HEALTH CARE INTERNATIONAL 2021; 20:147-155. [PMID: 34219506 DOI: 10.1177/15404153211028992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The rezadora, a lay spiritual leader, provides support to Latino families as they provide end-of-life (EOL) care for loved ones. The purpose of this study was to learn about the work of the rezadora in Guatemala as a resource for Latinos with serious illness in the United States. METHODS An ethnographic exploratory case study was conducted during summer 2018 in rural Guatemala. We interviewed three rezadoras who resided in two villages. The study yielded two cases, the single case and the paired case, which allowed for a holistic view of how the rezadora serves the community. RESULTS Content and thematic analysis led to two themes: Essence of being called and Power of prayerful song. Essence of being called was represented by the prominence of the rezadora and their perpetual faith work. Power of prayerful song was characterized through the mission, customs, and the presence of the rezadora. A good death was aided by the rezadora in this context. CONCLUSIONS As the Latino population ages in place, the need for palliative and EOL care services will increase. Lay spiritual leaders could enhance the palliative care teams in these communities and improve the quality of life for Latinos with serious illness.
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- Kim L Larson
- College of Nursing, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA
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- School of Nursing, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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Ko E, Fuentes D, Singh-Carlson S, Nedjat-Haiem F. Challenges and facilitators of hospice decision-making: a retrospective review of family caregivers of home hospice patients in a rural US-Mexico border region-a qualitative study. BMJ Open 2020; 10:e035634. [PMID: 32611740 PMCID: PMC7332198 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-035634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES Hospice care (HC) is seen as a comprehensive approach, that enhances quality of end-of-life (EOL) care, for terminally ill patients. Despite its positive aspects, HC enrolment is disproportionate for rural patients, who are less likely to use HC in comparison to their urban counterparts. The purpose of this study was to explore decision-making experiences, related to utilisation of HC programmes from a retrospective perspective, with family caregivers (FCGs) in a rural US-Mexico border region. DESIGN This qualitative study was conducted from May 2017 to January 2018 using semistructured face to face interviews with FCGs. Data were analysed using thematic analysis. SETTING The HC programme was situated at a local home health agency, located in rural Southern California, USA. PARTICIPANTS Twenty-eight informal FCGs of patients who were actively enrolled in the HC programme agreed to participate in the study. RESULTS Conversation about HC as an option was initiated by home healthcare staff (39.3%), followed by physicians (32.1%). Emerging themes related to challenges in utilisation of HC and decision-making included: (1) communication barriers; (2) lack of knowledge/misperception about HC; (3) emotional difficulties, including fear of losing their patient, doubt and uncertainty about the decision, denial and (4) patients are not ready for HC. Facilitators included: (1) patient's known EOL wishes; (2) FCG-physician EOL communication; (3) the patient's deteriorating health and (4) home as the place for death. CONCLUSIONS HC patients' FCGs in this rural region reported a lack of knowledge or misunderstanding of HC. It is recommended that healthcare providers need to actively engage family members in patient's EOL care planning. Optimal transition to an HC programme can be facilitated when FCGs are informed and have a clear understanding about patients' medical status along with information about HC.
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- Eunjeong Ko
- Social Work, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA
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- Social Work, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA
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Patient-family EoL communication and its predictors: Reports from caregivers of Latino patients in the rural U.S.-Mexico border region. Palliat Support Care 2017; 16:520-527. [PMID: 29072148 DOI: 10.1017/s147895151700092x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Family caregivers play an important role in end-of-life (EoL) decision making when the patient is unable to make his/her own decisions. While communication about EoL care between patients and family is perhaps a first step toward advance care planning (ACP)/EoL decisions, not every culture puts great value on open communication about this topic. The aims of the present study were to explore EoL communication and the aspects of communication among caregivers of Latino patients in the rural United States (U.S.)-Mexico border region. METHOD This study analyzed data from a hospice needs assessment collected from 189 family caregivers of Latino patients at a home health agency in a rural U.S.-Mexico border region. Bivariate tests and logistic regression were used to address our aims. RESULTS About half of the family caregivers (n = 96, 50.8%) reported to have ever engaged in EoL discussion with patients. Significant predictors of EoL discussion included life-sustaining treatment preference (odds ratio [OR] = 0.44, p < 0.05); knowledge of an advance directive (AD) (OR = 5.50, p < 0.01); and distrust of physicians (OR = 0.29, p < 0.01). Caregivers who preferred extending the life of their loved one even if he/she had to rely on life supports were less likely to engage in EoL communication. Also, caregivers who worried that physicians might want to stop treatments (i.e., "pull the plug") too soon were less likely to do so. Conversely, caregivers who had knowledge about ADs were more likely to engage in EoL communication. SIGNIFICANCE OF RESULTS EoL communication is a complex process influenced by individual, social, and cultural values and the beliefs of both the patient and his/her family. Inclusion of family caregivers in the ACP process and facilitating culturally tailored EoL communication between patients and family caregivers is important.
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Evans BC, Coon DW. The "Reckoning Point" as a Marker for Formal Palliative and End-of-Life Care in Mexican American Families. JOURNAL OF FAMILY NURSING 2016; 22:606-630. [PMID: 27903942 DOI: 10.1177/1074840716677994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Palliative and end-of-life care (PEOLC) in Mexican American (MA) caregiving families remains unexplored. Its onset was uncovered in our mixed methods, multisite, interdisciplinary, qualitative descriptive study of 116 caregivers, most of whom had provided long-term informal home care for chronically ill, disabled older family members. This subanalysis used Life Course Perspective to examine the "point of reckoning" in these families, where an older person is taken in for care, or care escalates until one recognizes oneself as the primary caregiver. Ninety-three of 116 caregivers recognized and spontaneously reported a "reckoning point" that initiated the caregiving trajectory, while eight cited "gradual decline" into caregiving for elders in their homes. This "reckoning point," which marks the assumption of this role, may afford a fertile opportunity for referral to community resources or initiation of formal PEOLC, thereby improving the quality of life for these older individuals and their families.
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