Self-Help Strategies for Palliative Care Patients and their Families: An Integrative Review

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https://doi.org/10.22235/ech.v13i1.3640

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palliative care, help strategies, self-help, grief, relatives

Abstract

Objective: To identify the strategies available in the international literature that provide self-help methods for palliative care patients and their family members. Method: This is an integrative literature review conducted between April and May 2022 in the following online databases and libraries: Medline, Scielo, Scopus, CINAHL and Web of Science. The studies were selected rigorously using different combinations of MESH terms and keywords self-help, groups, palliative care, medicine in literature, literature, health, disease; with the AND Boolean operator. An online review management app was used, Rayyan - Intelligent Systematic Review, performing a double-blind check. A total of 3,250 studies were found in the primary search; after applying the exclusion criteria, 16 articles comprised the analysis corpus. Results: The main findings were resorting to self-help groups as an important strategy to help patients and family members in challenging situations that close the end of life; other strategies were glimpsed, such as using booklets, spaces and programs, which tend to assist in times when it is necessary to communicate bad news or go through situations marked by anticipatory loss and grief. There was predominance of studies with a qualitative approach, mostly carried out in Sweden. Conclusion: It was evidenced that the dominant strategy was the self-help groups, which proved to be a space for exchanging knowledge and personal experiences among the participating individuals.

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Published

2024-04-11

How to Cite

Marques, R. dos S., Blumentritt, J. B., & Cordeiro, F. R. (2024). Self-Help Strategies for Palliative Care Patients and their Families: An Integrative Review. Enfermería: Cuidados Humanizados, 13(1), e3640. https://doi.org/10.22235/ech.v13i1.3640