Windows yes clearly provided descriptive statistics

Windows
Yes, clearly
provided
descriptive
statistics of
caregiver’s
experience
with pain
mgt.
Yes, can be
reproduced,
information
was retrieved
from an
ongoing
randomized
clinical trial
Kehl, K. A. (2014). How hospice
staff members prepare family
caregivers for the patient’s final
days of life: An exploratory study.
Palliative Medicine, 29 (2), 128-137.
doi:10.1177/0269216314551320
Qualitative
descriptive
study
Interviews 19 hospice
clinicians
Interview
recorded,
transcribed
and coded.
Convention
al content
analysis
Yes, the
results
provided
the author
with staff
preparatory
methods
No,
Participants
were from 2
hospices in one
region.
Possibility
participants
had some of
same

patients/famili
es
Mayahara, M., Foreman, M. D.,
Wilbur, J., Paice, J. A., & Fogg, L.
F. (2015). Effect of hospice
nonprofessional caregiver barriers
to pain management on adherence
to analgesic administration
recommendations and patient
outcomes. Pain Management
Nursing, 16 (3), 249-256.
doi:10.1016/j.pmn.2014.07.001
Longitudina
l,
correlational
study
Self-
administere
d survey
46
caregiver/patie
nt dyads
Barriers
Questionnair
e II,
Medications
rated, Pain
number
scale,
Hospital
Anxiety and
Depression
scale, QoL
subscale of
brief
Hospice
Inventory
IBM SPSS
for
Windows,
frequencies,
means,
ANOVA, x
2
,
Spearman’s
correlation
coefficients
Yes, results
provided
author with
correlation
between
caregiver
barriers and
pain mgt
No, small
sample size