2020-26-1 Archives - Indian Journal of Palliative Care

Year: 2020, Volume: 26, Issue: 1, Jan-Mar

Editorial

Need for Palliative Care Education in India: Can Online Palliative Care Education Bridge These Needs?

Naveen Salins

DOI: 10.4103/IJPC.IJPC_7_20

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p.1-3

Original Article

A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial Evaluating the Analgesic Effect of Salmon Calcitonin in Refractory Bone Metastasis Pain

Parmanand N Jain, Aparna Chatterjee

DOI: 10.4103/IJPC.IJPC_167_19

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p.4-8

Original Article

Quality of Sleep in Patients with Cancer: A Cross-sectional Observational Study

Ananth Pai, B Sivanandh, Karthik Udupa

DOI: 10.4103/IJPC.IJPC_164_19

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p.9-12

Original Article

Prescription Pattern of Drugs Used for Neuropathic Pain and Adherence to NeuPSIG Guidelines in Cancer

Vishal K Singh, Yashashri C Shetty, Naveen Salins, Parmanand Jain

DOI: 10.4103/IJPC.IJPC_172_19

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p.13-18

Original Article

HealthCare-Related Quality of Life and Lived Existential Experiences among Young Adults Diagnosed with Cancer: A Mixed-Method Study

C Vasantha Kalyani, Suresh K Sharma, K Kusum, K J Lijumol

DOI: 10.4103/IJPC.IJPC_207_18

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p.19-23

Original Article

A Study on the Motivations of Korean Hospice Volunteers

Young Ran Yeun

DOI: 10.4103/IJPC.IJPC_136_19

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p.24-27

Original Article

Disclosure Deficit Experienced by People Living with HIV/AIDS in Alice and Its Environs in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa: Perceptions of Selected Stakeholders

Simon Murote Kang’ethe

DOI: 10.4103/IJPC.IJPC_137_19

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p.28-33

Original Article

Translation, Cultural, and Age-Related Adaptation and Psychometric Properties of Persian Version of “Quality of Dying and Death” in Nurses Working in Neonatal Intensive Care Units

Mahsa Moslemi, Lida Nikfarid, Manijeh Nourian, Maliheh Nasiri, Ferershteh Rezayi

DOI: 10.4103/IJPC.IJPC_119_19

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p.34-39

Commentary

Adapting and Using the Quality of Dying and Death Questionnaire

Arunangshu Ghoshal

DOI: 10.4103/IJPC.IJPC_170_19

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p.39-41

Original Article

Assessment of Distress among Patients and Primary Caregivers: Findings from a Chemotherapy Outpatient Unit

Anantharaman Rajeshwari, Rajagopal Revathi, Narayanan Prasad, Normen Michelle

DOI: 10.4103/IJPC.IJPC_163_19

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p.42-46

Original Article

Assessment of Quality of Life among End-Stage Renal Disease Patients Undergoing Maintenance Hemodialysis

Ashima Ravindran, Anjali Sunny, Rajesh Penganazhi Kunnath, Binoo Divakaran

DOI: 10.4103/IJPC.IJPC_141_19

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p.47-53

Original Article

Quality of Life, Anxiety, and Depression in the Head-and-Neck Cancer Patients, Undergoing Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy Treatment

Maria Nikoloudi, Ioannis Lymvaios, Anna Zygogianni, Efi Parpa, Dimitra-Aspasia Strikou, Eleni Tsilika, Vassilios Kouloulias, Kyriaki Mystakidou

DOI: 10.4103/IJPC.IJPC_168_19

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p.54-59

Original Article

Lived Experience of Spouses of Persons with Motor Neuron Disease: Preliminary Findings through Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis

Manjusha G Warrier, Arun Sadasivan, Kiran Polavarapu, Veeramani Preethish Kumar, Niranjan Prakash Mahajan, Chevula Pradeep Chandra Reddy, Seena Vengalil, Saraswati Nashi, Atchayaram Nalini, Priya Treesa Thomas

DOI: 10.4103/IJPC.IJPC_123_19

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p.60-65

Original Article

Factors Influencing the Initiation of Strong Opioids in Cancer Patients on Palliative Care: An Audit from a Tertiary Cancer Center in India

Ankita Gupta, Bhushan Parmar, Minni Hurria Arora, Raviteja Miriyala, Neeru Anand, Sushmita Ghoshal

DOI: 10.4103/IJPC.IJPC_89_19

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p.66-70

Commentary

Judicious usage of WHO Step III Opioids in Palliative Care in India

Arunangshu Ghoshal

DOI: 10.4103/IJPC.IJPC_158_19

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p.70-71

Original Article

How Cancer Supportive and Palliative Care is Developed: Comparing the Policy-Making Process in Three Countries from Three Continents

Mahtab Alikhani, Soudabeh Vatankhah, Hasan Abolghasem Gorji, Hamid Ravaghi

DOI: 10.4103/IJPC.IJPC_55_19

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p.72-79

Original Article

An Autopsy of Palliative Health Hazards Associated with the Contemporary Traditional Male Circumcision Rite: The Case of 2016 Alice Study

Aphiwe Mpateni, Simon Murote Kang’ethe

DOI: 10.4103/IJPC.IJPC_177_19

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p.80-85

Original Article

Emotional Bond: The Nature of Relationship in Palliative Care for Cancer Patients

Mir Hossein Aghaei, Zohreh Vanaki, Eesa Mohammadi

DOI: 10.4103/IJPC.IJPC_181_19

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p.86-94

Review Article

The Effect of Complementary and Alternative Medicines on Quality of Life in Patients with Breast Cancer: A Systematic Review

Nahid Dehghan Nayeri, Fatemeh Bakhshi, Afifeh Khosravi, Zahra Najafi

DOI: 10.4103/IJPC.IJPC_183_19

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p.95-104

Review Article

Pedometer-based Exercise Interventions for Patients with Breast Cancer Receiving Chemotherapy – A Systematic Review

Stephen Rajan Samuel, Aagna R Gandhi, K Vijaya Kumar, PU Prakash Saxena

DOI: 10.4103/IJPC.IJPC_175_19

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p.105-109

Review Article

Oral Microbiological Evidence among Palliative Patients: An Integrated Systematic Review

Jagjit Singh Dhaliwal, Zaidah Rizidah Murang, Divya Thirumalai Rajam Ramasamy, Munikumar Ramasamy Venkatasalu

DOI: 10.4103/IJPC.IJPC_178_19

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p.110-115

Review Article

Rural Elderly and Access to Palliative Care: A Public Health Perspective

Abhijeet Vasant Jadhav

DOI: 10.4103/IJPC.IJPC_162_19

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p.116-119

Review Article

Beyond Numbers – Recent Understanding of Emotional Needs of Persons Diagnosed with Cancer 2007–2018

Annie Alexander, K Sreenath, R Srinivasa Murthy

DOI: 10.4103/IJPC.IJPC_86_19

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p.120-128

Review Article

Cannabinoids as an Alternative Option for Conventional Analgesics in Cancer Pain Management: A Pharmacogenomics Perspective

Anmi Jose, Levin Thomas, Gayathri Baburaj, Murali Munisamy, Mahadev Rao

DOI: 10.4103/IJPC.IJPC_155_19

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p.129-133

Case Report

Lumbar Erector Spine Plane Block for Pain Management in Postherpetic Neuralgia in a Patient with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Abhishek Kumar, Tuhin Mistry, Nishkarsh Gupta, Vinod Kumar, Sushma Bhatnagar

DOI: 10.4103/IJPC.IJPC_134_19

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p.134-136

Case Report

Prolonged Intravenous Line Access in a Terminally Ill Patient, Consequences and Suggestions

Nishant Sahay, Rajnish Kumar

DOI: 10.4103/IJPC.IJPC_138_19

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p.137-139

Case Report

Ultrasound-Guided Glossopharyngeal Nerve Block at Pharyngeal Wall Level in a Patient with Carcinoma Tongue

Prashant Sirohiya, Vinod Kumar, Pratishtha Yadav, Sachidanand Jee Bharti

DOI: 10.4103/IJPC.IJPC_132_19

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p.140-141

Case Report

Unfolding Role of Erector Spinae Plane Block for the Management of Chronic Cancer Pain in the Palliative Care Unit

Prashant Sirohiya, Pratishtha Yadav, Sachidanand Jee Bharati, Bhatnagar Sushma

DOI: 10.4103/IJPC.IJPC_188_19

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p.142-144

Letters to Editor

Early Intervention for the Management of Chronic Pain in a Patient with Recurrent Schwannoma Foot

Prashant Sirohiya, Tuhin Mistry, Sapna Singla, Sushma Bhatnagar

DOI: 10.4103/IJPC.IJPC_133_19

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p.145-146

Letters to Editor

Rising Violence against Doctors: Can Competency-Based Medical Education through Its Competencies in Palliative Care Offer a Solution?

Sherin Susan Paul, PT Thampi

DOI: 10.4103/IJPC.IJPC_131_19

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p.146-147

Letters to Editor

Cebranopadol: A First-in-Class Nociceptin Receptor Agonist for Managing Chronic Pain

Abhijit S Nair, Shyam Prasad Mantha, Sai Kaushik Pulipaka, Basanth Kumar Rayani

DOI: 10.4103/IJPC.IJPC_117_19

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p.147-148

Letters to Editor

Propensity Score Matching with Retrospective and Observational Data in Palliative Care

Abhijit S Nair, Sandeep Diwan

DOI: 10.4103/IJPC.IJPC_100_19

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p.149-150

Letters to Editor

Quality of Life with Cancer: Role of Physicians for a Better Well-Being

Ravinder Singh Aujla, Ritika Agarwal

DOI: 10.4103/IJPC.IJPC_143_19

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p.150-151

Commentary

Commentary to the Article Entitled “Cancer Pain, Anxiety and Depression in Admitted Patients in a Tertiary Care Hospital – A Prospective Observational Study”

Arunangshu Ghoshal

DOI: 10.4103/IJPC.IJPC_96_19

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