OBJECTIVES To describe nurses' documentation of the content in a psychoeducational intervention inspired by Stuifbergen's model addressing cognitive, supportive and behavioural needs of patient-partner dyads affected by heart failure. DESIGN A descriptive qualitative design was used analysing nurses' documentation in a dialogue guide based on a health promotion model. SETTINGS The dialogue ...

BACKGROUND The majority of cancer treatment is provided in outpatient settings. Family caregivers' (FCs') knowledge and beliefs about pain and its management are critical components of effective care. OBJECTIVE This study's aim was to evaluate the efficacy of a psychoeducational intervention, compared with control, to increase FCs' knowledge of cancer pain management. INTERVENTION/METHODS F...

BACKGROUND Although there has been a steady increase in intervention studies aimed toward supporting family caregivers in palliative cancer care, they often report modest effect sizes and there is a lack of knowledge about possible barriers to intervention effectiveness. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study is to explore the characteristics of family caregivers who did not benefit from a successfu...

BACKGROUND New technologies have recently been used for monitoring signs and symptoms of mental health illnesses and particularly have been tested to improve the outcomes in bipolar disorders. Web-based psychoeducational programs for bipolar disorders have also been implemented, yet to our knowledge, none of them have integrated both approaches in one single intervention. The aim of this projec...

BACKGROUND Palliative care incorporates comprehensive support of family caregivers because many of them experience burden and distress. However, evidence-based support initiatives are few. PURPOSE We evaluated a one-to-one psychoeducational intervention aimed at mitigating the distress of caregivers of patients with advanced cancer receiving home-based palliative care. We hypothesised that ca...

Sleep is an active process, essential for children’s development. Between 23-46% of children with cerebral palsy (CP) have sleep problems. Sleep problems go undiagnosed and undertreated and interventions are most often pharmacological. There is a compelling need for effective non-pharmacological intervention to address sleep problems. The goal of this single case-series study was to determine i...

Background: Excessive anxiety and stress can affect children’s physical and psychological health, hinder their ability to cope with surgery, encourage their negative behavior in association with health care, and may also inhibit their post-operative recovery. This study was conducted to determine the effects of pre-operative psychoeducational interventions on post-operative anxiety and pain in ...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to find whether existing studies of treatment using sensory integration approaches support the efficacy of these approaches. METHOD With meta-analysis, the results of sensory integration efficacy research studies published from 1972 to the present were synthesized and analyzed. Sixteen studies were used to compare sensory integration effect with no trea...

The overall objectives of this project were to evaluate whether psychosocial outcomes in employed family caregivers of people with chronic disease, who participate in online support, differ from nonactive participants and whether psychosocial outcomes differ based on the format of online group support. A randomized longitudinal design comparing two types of online support groups and nonactive p...

OBJECTIVES Postoperative heart failure is a serious complication that changes the lives of both the person who is critically ill and family in many ways. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of an intervention in postoperative heart failure patient-partner dyads regarding health, symptoms of depression and perceived control. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY/DESIGN Pilot study with a rand...