A5005344828- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
- Aging and Gerontology Research
- Family Support in Illness
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Pain Management and Opioid Use
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Disaster Response and Management
National University Health System
2022
National University of Singapore
2022
Uncertainties related to COVID-19 have strained the mental health of healthcare workers (HCWs) worldwide. Gaining ability adapt and thrive under pressure will be key addressing this. We explore what characterises risk, vulnerability resilient responses HCWs during early stages outbreak in Singapore.We undertook qualitative theory-guided thematic analysis e-diary entries from who navigated June-August 2020. Data were extracted a subset an online survey n = 3616 participants collected across 9...
While the populations of children who can benefit from paediatric palliative care (PPC) have been broadly defined, identifying individual patients to receive PPC has problematic in practice. The Paediatric Palliative Screening scale (PaPaS) is a multi-dimensional tool that assesses needs and families facilitate timely referrals. This study evaluates its use manage new referrals ongoing review receiving home-based Singapore.Using retrospective cohort design, 199 admitted via clinician...
This study aims to explore the lived experience of young adults with life-limiting conditions (YALLC) and how they perceive navigate adulthood, identify challenges opportunities for improved care support. A qualitative using interpretative phenomenological analysis understand who survived childhood serious illness make sense current circumstances. Seven YALLC different diagnoses ranging from 19 39 years were recruited through purposive sampling in a specialist paediatric palliative...
(1) Background: As COVID-19 transmission continues despite vaccination programs, healthcare workers (HCWs) face an ongoing pandemic response. We explore the effects of this on Heartware, by which we refer to morale and commitment HCWs; identify how improve (2) Hardware, or ways enabling operational safety functioning. Methods: Qualitative e-diary entries were shared HCWs during early phases outbreak in Singapore from June August 2020. Data collected via online survey n = 3616 all cadres....