Palliative
medicine, Feb 2015, vol. 29, no. 2, p. 164-176
Hopkinson,
Jane B, Richardson, Alison
A mixed-methods process informed by the Medical
Research Council's guidelines for developing a complex intervention was used to
develop a psychosocial intervention for patients with incurable cancer and
weight loss or poor appetite and their family caregivers and then to test for
its feasibility, acceptability and perceived benefit. 15 of the patient/caregiver dyads reported benefits of the Family
Approach to Weight and Eating. The intervention should now be tested in a pilot trial and the effect on emotional health
outcomes in patients and their family caregivers evaluated.
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