The effect of palliative care intervention program on the quality of life among Jordanian caregivers of cancer patients

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of palliative care intervention on the quality of life among Jordanian caregivers of cancer patients. Repeated measures design was used in this study. Data were collected from 137 Jordanian caregivers of cancer patients utilizing a self-administered questionnaire. An intervention program called SHARE was implemented to the experimental groups and its effectiveness in improving the overall quality of life for caregivers of cancer patients was evaluated using repeated measure ANOVA test. The results showed a statistically significant effect on the quality of life domains. For workshop experimental group (F = 26.822, p < .001) and for home visit experimental group (F = 10.236, p = .003).

KEYWORDS:

• Cancer patients
• caregivers
• SHARE program
• quality of life

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The authors certify that they have participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for the content, including participation in the concept, design, analysis, writing, and revision of the manuscript. Furthermore, each author certifies that this material or similar material has not been and will not be submitted to or published in any other publication before its appearance in the Home Health Care Services Quarterly.

Authorship contributions

Conception and design of study: Mohammad Bani Younis and Ahmad Alrawashdeh

Acquisition of data: Rafi M. Alnajadat

Analysis and/or interpretation of data: Mohammad Bani Younis and Rafi M. Alnajadat

Drafting the manuscript: Ahmad Alrawashdeh and Rafi M. Alnajadat

Revising the manuscript critically for important intellectual content: Mohammad Bani Younis, Ahmad Alrawashdeh and Rafi M. Alnajadat

Final approval of the version of the manuscript to be published: Mohammad Bani Younis, Ahmad Alrawashdeh and Rafi M. Alnajadat

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Funding

This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.