Background There is little evidence about the prevalence of cognitive disorders and their
effect on in-hospital mortality in large multicenter studies. The objectives of the 2016th …

Aim To assess patients' barriers to pain management and analgesic medication adherence
in patients with advanced cancer. Methods This was a prospective cross‐sectional study in …

Objective: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the predictive role of attachment
dimensions on the risk of prolonged grief. Sixty caregivers of 51 terminally ill patients with …

The aim of the study was to test whether high levels of caregiver burden, as other confirmed
predictors, are associated with the risk of prolonged grief disorder in caregivers of terminally …

Objective: Aims of the present study were to investigate the association between awareness
of own illness condition and psychological outcome in end-of-life phase and to test the …

Background Older adults living in long-term care facilities (LTCF) have been severely
affected by COVID-19. Hospice care (HC) facilities and palliative care are essential in …

Background: The proposal of persistent complex bereavement disorder (PCBD) in the DSM-
V increased the interest on the impact of grief on the psychological health. Aims …

Uncomplicated grief consists of two phases, acute grief and integrated grief. Acute grief
occurs during the first 6 months after death, when the bereaved experiences an extent of …

Mourning is a natural response to a loss and a condition which most people experience
several times during their lives. Most individuals adjust adequately to the loss of a relative …

Objectives To evaluate the presence of aberrant behaviour in a consecutive sample of
patients with advanced cancer treated with opioids in a country like Italy, with its peculiar …