Effects of family dignity interventions combined with standard palliative care on family adaptability, cohesion, and anticipatory grief in adult advanced cancer survivors and their family caregivers: A randomized controlled trial

• DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e28593
• Publication Date: 2024-03-27T04:24:50Z
• Authors: Nannan Wang; Kun Wang; Xinyu Lu; Shuyu Zhang; Xuhan Sun; Yuxi Zhang
• Keywords: Dignity; Family Caregivers

Family involvement and comfort are equally important in palliative care. Dignity undertook a new meaning novel challenges as result of restrictions on visits companionship during the pandemic. Family-centered family dignity interventions have been shown to be effective increasing patients' sense dignity, levels hope, reducing psychological distress; however, effectiveness enhancing adaptability intimacy survivor-caregiver binary expected grief inconclusive.