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Open AccessExperiential Avoidance in Advanced Cancer: a Mixed-Methods Systematic Review
People with advanced cancer experience psychological distress due to physical symptoms, functional decline, and a limited prognosis. Difficult thoughts, feelings, and emotions may exacerbate distress and lead ...
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Open AccessChallenges faced during the COVID-19 pandemic by family carers of people living with dementia towards the end of life
People living with dementia account for a large proportion of deaths due to COVID-19. Family carers are faced with making significant and emotive decisions during the pandemic, including decisions about end of...
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Open AccessAccess to and adequacy of psychological services for adult patients in UK hospices: a national, cross-sectional survey
Providing psychological support to people living with terminal illness is a fundamental part of hospice care. Recent research on delivery of psychological services in hospices in the United Kingdom (UK) on a n...
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Open AccessRandomised controlled trial of the new short-term online emotion focused training for self-compassion and self-protection in a nonclinical sample
The Emotion Focused Training for Self-Compassion and Self-Protection (EFT-SCP) is an intervention developed to increase skills of self-compassion and protective anger with the aim to decrease self-criticism. T...
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Open AccessMultiple Group IRT Measurement Invariance Analysis of the Forms of Self-Criticising/Attacking and Self-Reassuring Scale in Thirteen International Samples
The purpose of this study was to examine the measurement invariance of the Forms of Self-Criticising/Attacking & Self-Reassuring Scale (FSCRS) in terms of Item Response Theory differential test functioning in ...
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Open AccessContext, mechanisms and outcomes in end-of-life care for people with advanced dementia: family carers perspective
Kee** people living with advanced dementia in their usual place of residence is becoming a key governmental goal but to achieve this, family carers and health care professionals must negotiate how to provide...
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Open AccessTools Measuring Quality of Death, Dying, and Care, Completed after Death: Systematic Review of Psychometric Properties
Measuring the quality of care at the end of life and/or the quality of dying and death can be challenging. Some measurement tools seek to assess the quality of care immediately prior to death; others retrospec...
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Authors’ Reply to Montoya et al. Comment On: “Tools Measuring Quality of Death, Dying, and Care, Completed After Death: Systematic Review of Psychometric Properties”
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Open AccessThe Factor Structure of the Forms of Self-Criticising/Attacking & Self-Reassuring Scale in Thirteen Distinct Populations
There is considerable evidence that self-criticism plays a major role in the vulnerability to and recovery from psychopathology. Methods to measure this process, and its change over time, are therefore importa...
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Open AccessHow accurate is the ‘Surprise Question’ at identifying patients at the end of life? A systematic review and meta-analysis
Clinicians are inaccurate at predicting survival. The ‘Surprise Question’ (SQ) is a screening tool that aims to identify people nearing the end of life. Potentially, its routine use could help identify patient...
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Open AccessExperiences of end of life amongst family carers of people with advanced dementia: longitudinal cohort study with mixed methods
Many studies have examined the mental health of carers of people with dementia. Few have examined their experiences in the advanced stages of disease and into bereavement. We aimed to understand the experience...
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Open AccessAn ethnographic study of strategies to support discussions with family members on end-of-life care for people with advanced dementia in nursing homes
Most people with advanced dementia die in nursing homes where families may have to make decisions as death approaches. Discussions about end-of-life care between families and nursing home staff are uncommon, d...
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Open AccessContext, mechanisms and outcomes in end of life care for people with advanced dementia
The majority of people with dementia in the UK die in care homes. The quality of end of life care in these environments is often suboptimal. The aim of the present study was to explore the context, mechanisms ...
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A Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Validation of the Vulnerable Attachment Style Questionnaire
The Vulnerable Attachment Style Questionnaire (VASQ; Bifulco et al., Psychological Medicine, 33, 1099–1110, 2003) was developed to assess adult attachment as a vulnerability factor for develo** depression and i...
