A qualitative study on redefining normality in relatives of patients with advanced cancer.

Objective: To obtain insight into adaptation processes of redefining normality and its influencing factors in relatives of patients with advanced cancer.

Methods: An exploratory qualitative study among relatives of patients with advanced cancer was conducted. Participants were purposively recruited.

Relatives' grief at three moments after death of a loved one during COVID-19 pandemic (the CO-LIVE study).

COVID-19 has complicated grieving experiences. Rich qualitative description of these experiences is lacking. We interviewed 10 bereaved relatives (mainly daughters) 2-3 times each: shortly after their relative died in the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic, and after 12 and 18 months (29 interviews in total).

Meaning-making following loss among bereaved spouses during the COVID-19 pandemic (the CO-LIVE study).

This study investigates how individuals construe, understand, and make sense of experiences during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Seventeen semi-structured interviews were conducted with bereaved spouses focusing on meaning attribution to the death of their partner. The interviewees were lacking adequate information, personalized care, and physical or emotional proximity; these challenges complicated their experience of a meaningful death of their partner.

Caregiver activation of relatives of patients with advanced cancer.

Objective: Relatives of patients with advanced cancer often have many caring responsibilities. Not everyone may have sufficient knowledge, skills, and confidence-also known as caregiver activation-to provide such care. We assessed caregiver activation in relatives and its association with their personal characteristics and their own well-being.