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- Title
Palliative day care - a study of well-being and health-related quality of life.
- Authors
Svidén, G. Andersson; Fürst, C. J.; von Koch, L.; Borell, L.
- Abstract
Aim: The aim of the study was to study the outcomes of palliative day care, in terms of health-related quality of life and the emotional well-being of cancer patients participating in a palliative day care programme for a period of five weeks, compared with a group of palliative cancer patients not participating in day-care. Methods: The day care sample comprised of patients in a palliative day care programme delivered in two different day care facilities. Participants in the comparison group were recruited from a palliative home care service facility. All patients had a cancer diagnosis. The participants were invited to respond to two questionnaires once a week for a period of five weeks; the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-30) and the Mood Adjective List (MACL). Results: The participants in the day care group and the comparison group reported similar levels of perceived functioning and symptoms, as measured by the EORTC QLQ-30, with no significant differences between the groups. However, the day care group reported higher levels of emotional well-being as measured by the MACL than the comparison group reported, although these differences were not statistically significant.
- Subjects
PALLIATIVE treatment; QUALITY of life; WELL-being; CANCER patients; SYMPTOMS; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Palliative Medicine, 2009, Vol 23, Issue 5, p441
- ISSN
0269-2163
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0269216309104891