Table 4.
End of Life Caregiving Studies
| Authors | Study design | Number of Caregivers | Patient Condition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angelo, J 2014 [26] New Zealand | Phenomenology | 6 | Not specified |
| Aoun, SM 2012 [27] Australia | Thematic analysis | 16 | motor neurone disease |
| Armstrong MJ, 2019 [28] United States | Qualitative descriptive | 30 | Dementia with Lewy bodies |
| Bentley, B, 2016 [29] Australia | Thematic analysis | 12 | motor neurone disease |
| Carlander, I, 2011 [30] Sweden | Descriptive | 10 | Not specified |
| Cipolletta, S 2015 [31] Italy | Phenomenology | 13 | motor neurone disease |
| Clukey, L, 2007 [32] USA | Phenomenology | 22 | Cancer, heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, hepatitis |
| Clukey, L, 2008 [33] USA | Thematic analysis | 9 | Not specified |
| Coristine, M, 2003 [34] Canada | Content analysis | 18 | Breast cancer |
| Dobrina, R, 2016 [35] Italy | Descriptive phenomenology | 114 | Cancer |
| Dumont, I, 2008 [36] Canada | Content analysis | 18 | Cancer |
| Fisker, T, 2007 [37] Denmark | Phenomenology | 8 | Not specified |
| Glass, AP, 2016 [38] USA | Case study | 28 | Alzheimer’s |
| Grbich, CF, 2001 [39] Australia | Thematic analysis | 12 | Cancer |
| Hasson, F, 2010 [40] Northern Ireland | Content analysis | 15 | Parkinson’s disease |
| Hasson, F, 2009 [41] Northern Ireland | Thematic analysis | 9 | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
| Hisamatsu M, 2020 [42] Japan | Grounded theory | 13 | Cancer |
| Hovland CA, 2019 [43] USA | Content analysis | 36 | Dementia |
| Hughes, M, 2015 [44] Australia | Thematic analysis | 28 | Not specified |
| Johnson, A, 2003 [45] Australia | Narrative exemplars | 1 | Not specified |
| Kalnins, I, 2006 [46] Latvia | Phenomenology | 18 | cancer, stroke, heart disease |
| Linderholm, M, 2010 [47] Sweden | Hermeneutic analysis | 14 | Cancer |
| Lyckhage, ED, 2013 [48] Sweden | Phenomenological | 6 | Not specified |
| Mangan, PA, 2003 [49] USA | Constant comparison | 15 | Cancer |
| Mohammed, S, 2018 [50] Canada | Grounded theory | 61 | Cancer |
| Mori, H, 2012 [51] Japan | Framework analysis | 34 | Cancer |
| Ortega-Galán, 2019 [52] Spain | Phenomenology | 81 | Not specified |
| Payne, S, 2015 [53] England | Cross-sectional | 59 | Cancer, other |
| Robinson, C, 2017 [54] Canada | Constant comparison | 29 | Cancer |
| Sheehy-Skeffington, B, 2014 [55] Ireland | Thematic content analysis | 16 | Cancer, heart failure |
| Sinding, C, 2003 [56] Canada | Grounded theory | 12 | Breast cancer |
| Stajduhar, KI, 2013 [5] Canada | Secondary analysis of qualitative data | 114 | Not specified |
| Stone, AM, 2012 [57] USA | Constant comparison | 35 | Lung cancer |
| Strang, VR, 2003 [58] Canada | Not specified | 15 | Cancer |
| Strauss S, 2019 [59] USA | Discourse analysis | 46 | Not specified |
| Thomas, C, 2018 [60] England | Cross-sectional | 30 | Cancer, other |
| Totman, J, 2015 [61] England | Framework analysis | 15 | Cancer |
| Turner, M, England [62] England | Secondary analysis | 17 | Cancer, other |
| Vachon M, 2020 [63] Canada | Phenomenology | 22 | Not specified |
| Warrier MG, 2019 [64] India | Thematic analysis | Motor neuron disease | |
| Wong, WK, 2009 [65] Australia | Thematic analysis | 23 | Cancer |
| Wu MP, 2020 [66] Taiwan | Grounded theory | 22 | Not specified |