University of Valencia, Spain.
J Health Psychol. 2022 Jan;27(1):199-210. doi: 10.1177/1359105320944993. Epub 2020 Aug 10.
This study aims to analyse the impact that a psychological intervention programme has on the emotional state of family caregivers of patients at the end of life. The study is longitudinal with two arms (control and experimental). Data was collected from 154 primary family caregivers of patients at the end of life as well as from their respective 154 care-recipients. The intervention programme has shown its effectiveness in reducing anxiety, emotional distress and burden in the family caregivers of end-of-life patients. A reduction of anxiety of patients whose family caregivers participated in the intervention was also observed.
本研究旨在分析心理干预方案对临终患者家属情绪状态的影响。该研究为纵向研究，分为两组（对照组和实验组）。共收集了 154 名临终患者的主要照顾者及其 154 名被照顾者的数据。研究结果表明，该干预方案可有效降低临终患者家属的焦虑、情绪困扰和负担。同时，也观察到参与干预的患者焦虑程度有所降低。
