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Farquhar, Morag 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7991-7679, Penfold, Clarissa, Ewing, Gail, Benson, John, Booth, Sara, Burkin, Julie, Howson, Sophie, Mahadeva, Ravi, Gilligan, David, Lovick, Roberta and Todd, Chris
(2016)
Developing an educational intervention on breathlessness in advanced disease for informal carers.
In: 9th World Research Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care, 2016-06-09 - 2016-06-11, Dublin.
Abstract
Background & aim: The evidence-base for educational interventions to support informal carers and enhance their caregiving capacity is limited. Our aim was to develop an evidence-based educational intervention on breathlessness in advanced disease for carers. Method: Stage 1: Qualitative in-depth interviews with purposive sample of 25 patient-carer dyads from two disease groups (COPD and cancer) to identify educational needs and intervention preferences. Stage 2: One-day multidisciplinary workshop with 13 clinical experts to identify evidence-based content and acceptability and feasibility of potential delivery modes. Stage 3: Two half-day workshops (one COPD and one cancer) with 10 carers and seven patients to review intervention content, format, and language. Qualitative data analysis used a Framework approach. Results: Carers wanted to learn about breathlessness. Six key topics emerged from patient-carer dyad interviews: understanding breathlessness, de-escalating anxiety and panic, keeping active, living positively, managing infections (in COPD), and knowing what to expect in the future. There was wide variation in how carers wanted to learn, but written resources were less popular than face-to-face, group, video and web-based learning. Carers wanted an intervention that drew on both clinical expertise and peer-carer experience. In general, they wanted to learn with the patient. Building on these findings, the clinical expert workshop identified evidence-based content for the six topics and discussed a potential web-based platform to facilitate multiple modes of access e.g. via clinicians, established support groups, or by carers independently. Carer workshops endorsed the need for the intervention, its content and format, and refined its language and presentation style. Conclusion: Developed with carer, patient and clinician expertise this educational intervention on breathlessness has the potential to be highly relevant and acceptable to carers.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Poster) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | sdg 3 - good health and well-being ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/good_health_and_well_being |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > School of Health Sciences |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Health Promotion Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Lifespan Health |
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| Depositing User: | Pure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 31 Oct 2016 15:00 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Oct 2023 04:00 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/61180 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0269216316646056 |
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