Published in Health Qual Life Outcomes on January 25, 2010
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Identifying the types of missingness in quality of life data from clinical trials. Stat Med (1998) 1.28
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Advancing palliative care research in Sub-Saharan Africa: from the Venice declaration, to Nairobi and beyond. Palliat Med (2008) 1.14
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Validation of the Missoula-Vitas Quality-of-Life Index among patients with advanced AIDS in urban Kampala, Uganda. J Pain Symptom Manage (2007) 0.95
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Injectable progestin contraceptive use and risk of HIV infection in a South African family planning cohort. Contraception (2007) 1.72
Improving end-of-life care for patients with chronic heart failure: "Let's hope it'll get better, when I know in my heart of hearts it won't". Heart (2007) 1.69
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Bereaved relatives' views about participating in cancer research. Palliat Med (2011) 1.58
Understanding breathlessness: cross-sectional comparison of symptom burden and palliative care needs in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and cancer. J Palliat Med (2010) 1.53
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Support in the community for people with dementia and their carers: a comparative outcome study of specialist mental health service interventions. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry (2003) 1.48
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Antidepressants for the treatment of depression in neurological disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry (2011) 1.43
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The prevalence and burden of symptoms amongst cancer patients attending palliative care in two African countries. Eur J Cancer (2010) 1.35
Symptoms in advanced renal disease: a cross-sectional survey of symptom prevalence in stage 5 chronic kidney disease managed without dialysis. J Palliat Med (2007) 1.32
Access to services for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: the invisibility of breathlessness. J Pain Symptom Manage (2008) 1.32
Development of the APCA African Palliative Outcome Scale. J Pain Symptom Manage (2007) 1.32
Effectiveness of palliative day care in improving pain, symptom control, and quality of life. J Pain Symptom Manage (2003) 1.32
Interactive technologies and videotapes for patient education in cancer care: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials. Support Care Cancer (2006) 1.29
Meeting the communication and information needs of chronic heart failure patients. J Pain Symptom Manage (2008) 1.26
Benzodiazepines for the relief of breathlessness in advanced malignant and non-malignant diseases in adults. Cochrane Database Syst Rev (2010) 1.25
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Challenges to conducting research with older people living in nursing homes. BMC Geriatr (2009) 1.25
Trajectories of illness in stage 5 chronic kidney disease: a longitudinal study of patient symptoms and concerns in the last year of life. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol (2011) 1.24
'Best practice' in developing and evaluating palliative and end-of-life care services: a meta-synthesis of research methods for the MORECare project. Palliat Med (2013) 1.23
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Delivering research in end-of-life care: problems, pitfalls and future priorities. Palliat Med (2010) 1.20
Improved clinical and laboratory skills after team-based, malaria case management training of health care professionals in Uganda. Malar J (2012) 1.20
The etiology and management of intractable breathlessness in patients with advanced cancer: a systematic review of pharmacological therapy. Nat Clin Pract Oncol (2008) 1.18
Antidepressants for depression in physically ill people. Cochrane Database Syst Rev (2010) 1.17
The palliative care needs for fibrotic interstitial lung disease: a qualitative study of patients, informal caregivers and health professionals. Palliat Med (2013) 1.17
Implementing patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) in palliative care--users' cry for help. Health Qual Life Outcomes (2011) 1.16
End-stage renal disease: a new trajectory of functional decline in the last year of life. J Am Geriatr Soc (2011) 1.15
Validation and clinical application of the german version of the palliative care outcome scale. J Pain Symptom Manage (2005) 1.14
Recommendations for managing missing data, attrition and response shift in palliative and end-of-life care research: part of the MORECare research method guidance on statistical issues. Palliat Med (2013) 1.14
Quality of life and survival prediction in terminal cancer patients: a multicenter study. Cancer (2004) 1.12
Communication training for health professionals who care for patients with cancer: a systematic review of effectiveness. Support Care Cancer (2004) 1.12
Dying to be home? Preferred location of death of first-generation black Caribbean and native-born white patients in the United Kingdom. J Palliat Med (2004) 1.12
Access and equity in HIV/AIDS palliative care: a review of the evidence and responses. Palliat Med (2005) 1.11
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Living with breathlessness: a survey of caregivers of breathless patients with lung cancer or heart failure. Palliat Med (2013) 1.08
Episodic breathlessness: a clinically relevant and rising issue. Ann Am Thorac Soc (2014) 1.08
Individual breathlessness trajectories do not match summary trajectories in advanced cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: results from a longitudinal study. Palliat Med (2010) 1.08
Home or hospital? Choices at the end of life. J R Soc Med (2004) 1.08
Specialist palliative care is more than drugs: a retrospective study of ILD patients. Lung (2012) 1.07
Pain experienced by lung cancer patients: a review of prevalence, causes and pathophysiology. Lung Cancer (2004) 1.07
Caring for a person in advanced illness and suffering from breathlessness at home: threats and resources. Palliat Support Care (2009) 1.06
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Evidence-Based Programming of HIV Care and Support: Is the Psychosocial "Optional"? J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2015) 1.06
Palliative care: preventing misconceptions. S Afr Med J (2014) 1.05
A tale of two cities: factors affecting place of cancer death in London and New York. Eur J Public Health (2006) 1.05
Training needs assessment for clinicians at antiretroviral therapy clinics: evidence from a national survey in Uganda. Hum Resour Health (2009) 1.05
Integration of palliative care throughout HIV disease. Lancet Infect Dis (2012) 1.05
Psychological well-being and quality of care: a factor-analytic examination of the palliative care outcome scale. J Pain Symptom Manage (2010) 1.05
Palliative care for people severely affected by multiple sclerosis: evaluation of a novel palliative care service. Mult Scler (2010) 1.04
The relationship between patient characteristics and carer psychological status in home palliative cancer care. Support Care Cancer (2003) 1.04
Communication, information and support for adults with malignant cerebral glioma : a systematic literature review. Support Care Cancer (2002) 1.04
The impact of a breathlessness intervention service (BIS) on the lives of patients with intractable dyspnea: a qualitative phase 1 study. Palliat Support Care (2006) 1.04
Research into palliative care in sub-Saharan Africa. Lancet Oncol (2013) 1.03
Neuromuscular electrical stimulation for muscle weakness in adults with advanced disease. Cochrane Database Syst Rev (2013) 1.03