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Impact of palliative care on quality of life in advanced cancer: A meta‐analysis of randomised controlled trials

Impact of palliative care on quality of life in advanced cancer: A meta‐analysis of randomised... INTRODUCTIONCancer is still a major public health problem worldwide, with an estimated 19.3 million new cancer cases annually. Also, the global cancer burden is expected to be 28.4 million cases in 2040, a 47% rise from 2020 (Sung et al., 2021). Patients with cancer are often faced with a wide range of problems, which is not limited to their last days of life but are experienced throughout the time they are with the cancer disease. However, the most intricate needs of cancer patients occur many months before their death and cause a decrease in their quality of life (QOL) (Zimmermann et al., 2014). Palliative care (PC) as a long‐term care can improve the QOL of patients and reduce the use of and dependence on medical services (Zhuang et al., 2018). The World Health Organization (WHO) defines PC as the preparation of effective and holistic care for patients with advanced, progressive malady which focuses on the management of pain and other symptoms, as well as the provision of psychological, social and spiritual support with the aim of improving QOL9 (WHO, 2021). According to the previous sentence, PC is a multidimensional concept that describes an individual's health status. Any growth in disease‐related symptoms is also http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png European Journal of Cancer Care Wiley

Impact of palliative care on quality of life in advanced cancer: A meta‐analysis of randomised controlled trials

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0961-5423
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10.1111/ecc.13647
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Abstract

INTRODUCTIONCancer is still a major public health problem worldwide, with an estimated 19.3 million new cancer cases annually. Also, the global cancer burden is expected to be 28.4 million cases in 2040, a 47% rise from 2020 (Sung et al., 2021). Patients with cancer are often faced with a wide range of problems, which is not limited to their last days of life but are experienced throughout the time they are with the cancer disease. However, the most intricate needs of cancer patients occur many months before their death and cause a decrease in their quality of life (QOL) (Zimmermann et al., 2014). Palliative care (PC) as a long‐term care can improve the QOL of patients and reduce the use of and dependence on medical services (Zhuang et al., 2018). The World Health Organization (WHO) defines PC as the preparation of effective and holistic care for patients with advanced, progressive malady which focuses on the management of pain and other symptoms, as well as the provision of psychological, social and spiritual support with the aim of improving QOL9 (WHO, 2021). According to the previous sentence, PC is a multidimensional concept that describes an individual's health status. Any growth in disease‐related symptoms is also

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European Journal of Cancer Care – Wiley

Published: Nov 1, 2022

Keywords: cancer; meta‐analysis; palliative care; quality of life; randomised controlled trials

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