Abstract
Most hospice care in the US is provided in the home by lay family caregivers. These caregivers suffer physically, psychologically, emotionally, and socially from the burden of caring. The most often identified area of burden for caregivers is the management of end-of-life pain. Despite advances in pain management pharmacology and alternative therapies, unrelieved pain continues to plague patients and their care providers. Although pain management has been targeted as a national healthcare concern and research priority, specific issues of caregiver pain management remain vague and undefined. Understanding issues surrounding caregiver pain management may help clarify needs thus enabling the creation of cost effective, tools, technologies, and interventions to help caregivers' and ultimately dying patient. The purpose of this study was to describe caregiver pain management issues during end-of-life (EOL) care and compare issues identified by those caregivers receiving a telehospice intervention to those receiving a face-to-face intervention. The primary aim was to describe specific pain management challenges associated with home hospice caregivers. The secondary aim was to compare pain management issues using telehospice versus face-to-face interventions.
Sigma Membership
Epsilon
Type
Thesis
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
Other
Research Approach
Qualitative Research
Keywords:
Pain Management, End-of-Life Care, Family Caregivers
Advisor
George Demiris
Degree
Master's
Degree Grantor
University of Washington
Degree Year
2012
Recommended Citation
Kelley, Marjorie M., "Secondary analysis of caregiver pain management issues during telehospice versus in-person interventions" (2019). Theses. 60.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/theses/60
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Review Type
None: Degree-based Submission
Acquisition
Proxy-submission
Date of Issue
2019-03-13
Full Text of Presentation
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Description
This thesis has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 1508752; ProQuest document ID: 1011473166. The author still retains copyright.