Changes in Cancer Patients' and Caregivers' Disease Perceptions While Receiving Early Palliative Care: A Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis.
Eleonora BorelliSarah BigiLeonardo PotenzaSonia EliardoFabrizio ArtioliClaudia MucciariniLuca CottafaviKatia CagossiGiorgia RazziniMassimiliano CrucianiAlessandra PietramaggioriValeria FantuzziLaura LombardoUmberto FerrariVittorio GanfiFausta LuiOreofe O OdejideCristina CacciariCarlo Adolfo PorroCamilla ZimmermannFabio EfficaceEduardo BrueraMario LuppiElena BandieriPublished in: The oncologist (2021)
By qualitative and quantitative analyses of the emotional and cognitive perceptions of cancer patients and their caregivers about their experiences before and during EPC interventions, this study may help physicians/nurses to focus on the disease perception by patients/caregivers and the benefits of EPC, as a standard practice. The analysis of words used by patients/caregivers provides a proxy for their psychological condition and support in tailoring an EPC intervention, based on individual needs. This study highlights that the relationship of the triad EPC team/patients/caregivers may rise as a therapeutic tool, allowing increasing awareness and progressive acceptance of the idea of death.