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Table 5 Overview of themes

From: “ I can’t do it anymore”: a qualitative study on the emergence of crisis in outpatient palliative care—the perspective of family caregivers

Emergence of crisis

The crisis situation-factors leading to crisis

Strategies to overcome crisis and wishes

• Context of crisis

• Acute and cumulative crisis

Structural factors

• Distance to providers

• Access and communication with health care professionals

• Rotating staff

• Bureaucracy

Illness related factors

• Symptoms

• Illness trajectory

• Disease-dependent access to specialized palliative care

Emotional and psychological burden of family caregivers

Emotional burden

Psychological burden

Intensity of care involvement

Living in the same household

Sleep deprivation

Involvement of social network

Searching for information

Learning new skills

Regeneration

Finding a meaning and further psychosocial support

Hospitalisation