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Toward a socio-spiritual approach? A mixed-methods systematic review on the social and spiritual needs of patients in the palliative phase of their illness
Background: Patients express a variety of needs, some of which are labelled social and spiritual. Without an in-depth exploration of patients' expressions of these needs, it is difficult to…
By Tom Lormans , Everlien de Graaf, Joep van de Geer, Frederieke van der Baan, Carlo Leget, Saskia Teunissen
Published: Apr 2021
Effects of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on health-related outcomes for patients with advanced cancer: A systematic review
Background: Advanced cancer is an incurable and life-threatening disease that poses a major challenge to patients' psychological and physical well-being. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is a…
By Huiyuan Li, Cho Lee Wong, Xiaohuan Jin, Jieling Chen, Yuen Yu Chong, Yang Bai
Published: Mar 2021
Spiritual care provision to end-of-life patients: A systematic literature review
Aim: To develop an understanding of how nurses provide spiritual care to terminally ill patients in order to develop best practice.Background: Patients approaching the end of life (EoL) can experience…
By Elizabeth Batstone, Cara Bailey, Nutmeg Hallett
Published: Jul 2020
Effect of Life Review on Quality of Life in Terminal Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Background: Enhancing quality of life takes precedence in the terminal stage of a disease, when a cure is considered impossible and all alternative methods to prevent disease progression have been…
By Mei-Hua Huang, Ruey-Hsia Wang, Hsiu-Hung Wang
Published: Apr 2020
Effects of dignity therapy on dignity, psychological well-being, and quality of life among palliative care cancer patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Objectives: The review aims to identify available evidence related to the effects of dignity therapy on dignity, psychological well-being, and quality of life (QoL) among patients with cancer under…
By Jinnan Xiao, Ka Ming Chow, Yunhong Liu, Carmen W H Chan
Published: Jun 2019
A systematic review of palliative care tools and interventions for people with severe mental illness
Background: Increasing attention to palliative care for the general population has led to the development of various evidence-based or consensus-based tools and interventions. However, specific tools…
By Karin den Boer, Anke J E de Veer, Linda J Schoonmade, Kim J Verhaegh, Berno van Meijel, Anneke L Francke
Published: Apr 2019
A scoping review of palliative care for persons with severe persistent mental illness
Objective: People with severe persistent mental illness (SPMI) experience a greater burden and severity of chronic disease, late diagnosis, and premature death compared with the general population.…
By Erin E Donald, Kelli I Stajduhar
Published: Mar 2019
‘Dignity therapy’, a promising intervention in palliative care: A comprehensive systematic literature review
Background:Dignity therapy is psychotherapy to relieve psychological and existential distress in patients at the end of life. Little is known about its effect.Aim:To analyse the outcomes of dignity…
By Marina Martínez, María Arantzamendi, Alazne Belar, José Miguel Carrasco, Ana Carvajal, María Rullán, Carlos Centeno
Published: Aug 2016
Do patients want doctors to talk about spirituality? A systematic literature review
Objective: The aim of this systematic literature review was to ascertain the patient perspective regarding the role of the doctor in the discussion of spirituality.Methods: We conducted a systematic…
By Megan Best, Phyllis Butow, Ian Olver
Published: May 2015