What do family caregivers of patients with life-threatening diseases need from healthcare professionals? A qualitative study.

Objectives: To explore the common ground of what family caregivers need in their various roles (caregiver, care recipient and patient's partner, child or friend) from healthcare professionals across healthcare settings and disease trajectories.

Design: Interviews were conducted with family caregivers of patients with life-threatening diseases who were treated at home, in hospitals, nursing homes or hospices between 2017 and 2022. Reflexive thematic analysis was performed.

A simple risk score list can be used to predict the occurrence of delirium in patients admitted to inpatient hospice care: A medical record study.

Objective: This study aimed to examine whether the 10-item Risk Score List (RSL) accurately predicts delirium in patients admitted to inpatient hospice care and whether this instrument can be simplified. Determining the risk for developing delirium can help to treat these patients in a timely manner.

Methods: This was a retrospective medical record study in patients who died in 2019 or 2020 in three hospices.

Nurse Practitioners' Self-Efficacy and Behavior in Supporting Self-Management of Patients With a Progressive, Life-Threatening Illness and Their Relatives: A Nationwide, Cross-Sectional Online Survey.

This study aimed at investigating nurse practitioners' self-efficacy and behavior in supporting self-management of patients with a progressive, life-threatening illness and their relatives. We adapted an existing validated instrument for this purpose, amongst other things by adding a seventh subscale "attention for relatives," and administered it in a nationwide, cross-sectional online survey among Dutch nurse practitioners. We analyzed associations between self-reported self-efficacy and behavior using Pearson correlations and paired sample t tests.

Challenges in self-management of persons living with advanced cancer: An exploratory, in-depth interview study.

Objective: To obtain insight in self-management challenges of persons with advanced cancer and factors that influence their self-management.

Methods: Exploratory study among persons with advanced cancer. We conducted in-depth interviews and performed an inductive thematic analysis, using open, axial and selective coding.

The views of healthcare professionals on self-management of patients with advanced cancer: An interview study.

Objectives: Self-management of patients with advanced cancer is challenging. Although healthcare professionals may play a crucial role in supporting these patients, scant scientific attention has been paid to their perspectives. Therefore, we examined healthcare professionals' views on self-management and self-management support in this population.

Advance care planning and end-of-life care in patients with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator: The perspective of relatives.

Background: Little is known about the last phase of life of patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators and the practice of advance care planning in this population.

Aim: To describe the last phase of life and advance care planning process of patients with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator, and to assess relatives' satisfaction with treatment and care.

Design: Mixed-methods study, including a survey and focus group study.

Implantable cardioverter defibrillators at the end of life: future perspectives on clinical practice.

The implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) is effective in terminating life-threatening arrhythmias. However, in the last phase of life, ICD shocks may no longer be appropriate. Guidelines recommend timely discussion with the patient regarding deactivation of the shock function of the ICD.

Self-management of patients with advanced cancer: A systematic review of experiences and attitudes.

Background: Patients with advanced cancer are increasingly expected to self-manage. Thus far, this topic has received little systematic attention.

Aim: To summarise studies describing self-management strategies of patients with advanced cancer and associated experiences and personal characteristics.

Implantable cardioverter defibrillator deactivation and advance care planning: a focus group study.

Objective: Implantable cardioverter defibrillators can treat life-threatening arrhythmias, but may negatively influence the last phase of life if not deactivated. Advance care planning conversations can prepare patients for future decision-making about implantable cardioverter defibrillator deactivation. This study aimed at gaining insight in the experiences of patients with advance care planning conversations about implantable cardioverter defibrillator deactivation.

Trends in time in the management of the implantable cardioverter defibrillator in the last phase of life: a retrospective study of medical records.

Background: The implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) might give unwanted shocks in the last month of life. Guidelines recommend deactivation of the ICD prior to death.

Aims: The aims of this study were to examine trends in time (2007-2016) in how and when decisions are made about ICD deactivation, and to examine patient- and disease-related factors which may have influenced these decisions.

The incidence and impact of implantable cardioverter defibrillator shocks in the last phase of life: An integrated review.

Background: Although the implantable cardioverter defibrillator is successful in terminating life threatening arrhythmias, it might give unwanted shocks in the last phase of life if not deactivated in a timely manner.

Aims: This integrated review aimed to provide an overview of studies reporting on implantable cardioverter defibrillator shock incidence and impact in the last phase of life.

Methods And Results: We systematically searched five electronic databases.

Calibration of a multi-anvil high-pressure apparatus to simulate planetary interior conditions.

This paper presents the setup and pressure calibration of an 800-ton multi-anvil apparatus installed at the Vrije Universiteit (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) to simulate pressure-temperature conditions in planetary interiors. This high-pressure device can expose cubic millimeter sized samples to near-hydrostatic pressures up to ~ 10 GPa and temperatures exceeding 2100 °C. The apparatus is part of the Distributed Planetary Simulation Facility (DPSF) of the EU Europlanet 2020 Research Infrastructure, and significantly extends the pressure-temperature range that is available through international access to this facility.