{"title":"TikTok and Bilibili as sources of palliative care information: an analysis of quality and reliability.","authors":"Ruoyue Zhou, Yonghong Li, Chao Yan, Cheng Xu, Shaojuan Feng","doi":"10.1186/s12904-026-02051-x","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12904-026-02051-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48945,"journal":{"name":"BMC Palliative Care","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2026-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13094118/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147445599","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ulrich Kaiser, Ursula Vehling-Kaiser, Felix Kaiser, Ana Hoffmann, Eleene Kaiser, Moritz Fiedler, Michael Rechenmacher, Florian Kaiser
{"title":"Influence of a day hospice on the quality of life of palliative care patients: an interview-based qualitative survey.","authors":"Ulrich Kaiser, Ursula Vehling-Kaiser, Felix Kaiser, Ana Hoffmann, Eleene Kaiser, Moritz Fiedler, Michael Rechenmacher, Florian Kaiser","doi":"10.1186/s12904-026-02052-w","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12904-026-02052-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48945,"journal":{"name":"BMC Palliative Care","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2026-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13063626/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147436749","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Parental experiences in pediatric advance care planning for children with life-limiting illnesses: a qualitative meta-synthesis.","authors":"Sheng He, Kaibo Shen, Baolin Huang, Ju Zhang","doi":"10.1186/s12904-026-02047-7","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12904-026-02047-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48945,"journal":{"name":"BMC Palliative Care","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2026-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13088600/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147436794","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Serkan Budak, Yasemin Karacan, İsmail Bacak, Şenay Özer
{"title":"Care competency scale for family caregivers in home palliative care: Turkish adaptation, validity, and reliability study.","authors":"Serkan Budak, Yasemin Karacan, İsmail Bacak, Şenay Özer","doi":"10.1186/s12904-026-02046-8","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12904-026-02046-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48945,"journal":{"name":"BMC Palliative Care","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2026-03-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13085405/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147390486","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lisa Kastbom, Johan Lyth, Johanna Simmons, Lisa Martinsson, Maria Eriksdotter, Staffan Lundström, Katarina Nägga, Anna Segernäs
{"title":"Quality of end-of-life care among individuals with and without dementia: a Swedish registry-based study.","authors":"Lisa Kastbom, Johan Lyth, Johanna Simmons, Lisa Martinsson, Maria Eriksdotter, Staffan Lundström, Katarina Nägga, Anna Segernäs","doi":"10.1186/s12904-026-02037-9","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12904-026-02037-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48945,"journal":{"name":"BMC Palliative Care","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2026-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13064132/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147373336","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ricarda Scheiner, Isabel Sophie Burner-Fritsch, Martin Fegg, Berend Feddersen, Claudia Bausewein
{"title":"Use and evaluation of psychological interventions in specialist palliative care settings: results of a national online survey with psychologists and psycho-oncologists.","authors":"Ricarda Scheiner, Isabel Sophie Burner-Fritsch, Martin Fegg, Berend Feddersen, Claudia Bausewein","doi":"10.1186/s12904-026-02041-z","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12904-026-02041-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48945,"journal":{"name":"BMC Palliative Care","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2026-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13064260/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147370585","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Daniela Bernhardsgrütter, Eleonore Baum, Larissa Gehrig, Ursula Klein, Andrea Neher, Stefan Nertinger, Stefan Ott, Ursula Ziltener, Andrea Kobleder
{"title":"'Phase of Illness' in oncology patients receiving specialist palliative home care: a mixed methods study on phase-specific burden, needs and use of resources.","authors":"Daniela Bernhardsgrütter, Eleonore Baum, Larissa Gehrig, Ursula Klein, Andrea Neher, Stefan Nertinger, Stefan Ott, Ursula Ziltener, Andrea Kobleder","doi":"10.1186/s12904-026-02045-9","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12904-026-02045-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48945,"journal":{"name":"BMC Palliative Care","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2026-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13077988/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147367073","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Johanna Swenne, Mette Stie, Torben Frøstrup Hansen, Britt Rasmussen, Kristine Nielsen, Jens Søndergaard, Ricko Damberg Nissen, Lars Henrik Jensen
{"title":"A new cross-disciplinary model for early integration of palliative care for patients with incurable cancer - an intervention development study.","authors":"Johanna Swenne, Mette Stie, Torben Frøstrup Hansen, Britt Rasmussen, Kristine Nielsen, Jens Søndergaard, Ricko Damberg Nissen, Lars Henrik Jensen","doi":"10.1186/s12904-026-02048-6","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12904-026-02048-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48945,"journal":{"name":"BMC Palliative Care","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2026-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13077865/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147370583","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wenjun Song, Nurul Izzah Shari, Mohammad Farris Iman Leong Bin Abdullah, Hasmah Binti Hussin, Ruiling Zhang, Nor Shuhada Mansor
{"title":"Acceptance and commitment therapy improves the quality of life of breast cancer patients by reducing helplessness: a randomized controlled trial.","authors":"Wenjun Song, Nurul Izzah Shari, Mohammad Farris Iman Leong Bin Abdullah, Hasmah Binti Hussin, Ruiling Zhang, Nor Shuhada Mansor","doi":"10.1186/s12904-026-02049-5","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12904-026-02049-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Breast cancer imposes substantial psychosocial challenges, with helplessness being a key determinant of reduced quality of life (QoL). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) has shown promise in improving psychological flexibility, but its role in targeting helplessness and enhancing QoL in breast cancer patients has not been fully established. This randomized controlled trial (RCT) examined the effects of ACT on helplessness, QoL, and their domains.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This two-arm, parallel, single-blind RCT recruited 80 breast cancer patients from a tertiary care center and randomly assigned them to either ACT (n = 40) or treatment-as-usual (TAU, n = 40). Participants completed the Malay Illness Cognition Questionnaire (ICQ-M) and the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy (General and Breast Cancer modules) at baseline (T1), post-intervention at 4 weeks (T2), and follow-up at 12 weeks (T3). ACT was delivered in four weekly sessions between T1 and T2. Data were analyzed using repeated-measures analysis of variance (ANOVA).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Sixty-six participants completed all assessments (ACT, n = 32; TAU, n = 34). Compared with TAU, ACT significantly reduced helplessness and improved overall QoL and all QoL domains across time points (all p < 0.05). Effects were maintained at 12-week follow-up.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>ACT is an effective psychosocial intervention for breast cancer patients, producing sustained improvements in QoL partly by reducing helplessness. Integrating ACT into supportive and palliative care may address critical psychological mechanisms affecting patient well-being.</p><p><strong>Trial registration: </strong>ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT05327153. Registered on April 6, 2022.</p>","PeriodicalId":48945,"journal":{"name":"BMC Palliative Care","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2026-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13001182/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147366990","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}