Bradley, N 
ORCID: 0000-0003-0768-9819, Dowrick, C ORCID: 0000-0002-4245-2203 and Lloyd-Williams, M
(2022)
Feasibility of Patient Reported Outcome Measures in Psychosocial Palliative Care: Observational Cohort Study of Hospice Day Care and Social Support Groups
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (20).
13258-.
ISSN 1661-7827, 1660-4601
Abstract
Palliative care patients can be at risk of social isolation or loneliness. Interventions that can provide effective social support, and particularly emotional support, could facilitate healthy coping that bolsters quality of life and reduces depression in palliative care patients. This is an observational cohort study which recruited thirty patients (n = 30) from the day services of four independent hospices in England. Participants completed patient reported outcome measures in perceived social support, loneliness, and depression, at up to three time points. Age range was 56–91 years, males and females were equally represented, and the sample was 93% white British. In participants that provided two or more timepoints, perceived social support increased, and loneliness and depression decreased. Largest changes with the least variation between participants was in emotional support (p = 0.165) and loneliness (p = 0.104). These results suggest that the psychosocial patient reported outcome measures used (MOS-SS, UCLA, BEDS) could be sensitive to change aligned with the goals of this intervention in palliative care. Participants in this study were observed to derive psychosocial benefit from attending the hospice day service.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Humans, Palliative Care, Feasibility Studies, Quality of Life, Social Support, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Middle Aged, Hospices, Female, Male, Day Care, Medical, Patient Reported Outcome Measures |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Health & Life Sciences Faculty of Health & Life Sciences > Inst. Population Health |
| Depositing User: | Symplectic Admin |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Jan 2023 16:53 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Jan 2026 03:56 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph192013258 |
| Open Access URL: | https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013258 |
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| URI: | https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3167930 |
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