Philippe Icard, Luca Simula, Joana Rei, Ludovic Fournel, Vincent De Pauw, Marco Alifano
On the footsteps of Hippocrates, Sanctorius and Harvey to better understand the influence of cold on the occurrence of COVID-19 in European countries in 2020
Biochimie
informal caregivers key support patients progressive incurable diseases however needs often remain unmet therefore developed manualised implemented intervention informal caregiver strengthening resources aiming support empower informal caregivers addressing relevant informationrelated physical psychological social needs pilot study evaluated acceptance experiences psychoeducational intervention study conducted two years 20192021 informal caregivers recruited university medical centre hamburgeppendorf metropolitan region hamburg germany intervention aimed adult persons identified informal caregiver adult patient progressive incurable cancer noncancer disease evaluation used mixed methods approach combining longitudinal questionnaire survey preintervention module 3months followup semistructured interviews postintervention quantitative data analysed using descriptive statistics paired ttest interviews analysed based qualitative content analysis according mayring results triangulated using convergent triangulation design 31 informal caregivers received intervention 25 returned followup questionnaire 20 informal caregivers interviewed triangulated results showed high satisfaction implementation intervention broad range subjective benefits gaining knowledge selfawareness selfefficacy apparent informal caregivers reported improved preparedness awareness needs well confidence regarding handling emotions interacting ill person however implementing learned skills daily life challenging due internal external factors motivations challenges participating well potential improvement identified pilot study showed overall positive evaluation several subjective benefits psychoeducational intervention informal caregiver strengthening resources research needed measure efficacy intervention informal caregivers outcomes therefore multicentre randomized prospective study planned