BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care; 2018, 8(1) 30-33
Pedersen,
Karina; Björkhem-Bergman, Linda
This was an observational study at a hospice ward in Sweden in which forty-one
palliative patients were offered TM, at an average of three treatments per
patient. Before
and after every treatment, self-assessed pain, well-being and anxiety according
to the Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale (0-10) were recorded. The authors report that TM
reduced the need for administration of rescue doses for pain and anxiety and
improved well-being, although they suggest larger randomised studies with
parallel control groups are needed to confirm the findings.
Available in print in Arthur Rank Hospice Library, Cambridge