“Still Caring for the Family”: Condolence Expression Training for Pediatric Residents

Porter, Amy S.; Weaver, Meaghann S.; Snaman, Jennifer M.; Li, Chen; Lu, Zhaohua; Baker, Justin N.; Kaye, Erica C.

doi:10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2021.05.019

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“…These two factors explained the importance for relatives to have the opportunity of saying properly goodbye and of staying close to their loved one during the important moment of the transition from life to death. Sending a condolence letter is a matter of debate in palliative care (Hayward et al 2016;Porter et al 2021). Half of our units did it.…”

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Incidence and risk factors of prolonged grief in relatives of patients with terminal cancer in French palliative care units: The Fami-Life multicenter cohort study

Garrouste-Orgeas

Marché²,

Pujol³

et al. 2023

Pall Supp Care

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Objectives Psychological consequences of grief among relatives are insufficiently known. We reported incidence of prolonged grief among relatives of deceased patients with cancer. Methods Prospective cohort study of 611 relatives of 531 patients with cancer hospitalized for more than 72 hours and who died in 26 palliative care units was conducted. The primary outcome was prolonged grief in relatives 6 months after patient death, measured with the Inventory Complicated Grief (ICG > 25, range 0–76, a higher score indicates more severe symptoms) score. Secondary outcomes in relatives 6 months after patient death were anxiety and depression symptoms based on Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) score (range 0 [best]–42 [worst]), higher scores indicate more severe symptoms, minimally important difference 2.5. Post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms were defined by an Impact Event Scale-Revised score >22 (range 0–88, a higher score indicates more severe symptoms). Results Among 611 included relatives, 608 (99.5%) completed the trial. At 6 months, significant ICG scores were reported by 32.7% relatives (199/608, 95% CI, 29.0–36.4). The median (interquartile range ICG score) was 20.0 (11.5–29.0). The incidence of HADS symptoms was 87.5% (95% CI, 84.8–90.2%) at Days 3–5 and 68.7% (95% CI, 65.0–72.4) 6 months after patient’s death, with a median (interquartile range) difference of −4 (–10 to 0) between these 2 time points. Improvement in HADS anxiety and depression scores were reported by 62.5% (362/579) relatives. Significance of results These findings support the importance of screening relatives having risk factors of developing prolonged grief in the palliative unit and 6 months after patient’s death.

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