Journal article
Living with Hope: Initial Evaluation of a Psychosocial Hope Intervention for Older Palliative Home Care Patients
Abstract
The overall purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a psychosocial supportive intervention called the "Living with Hope Program" (LWHP) in increasing hope and quality of life for older adult, community-living, terminally ill cancer patients. Using a mixed method concurrent nested experimental design, 60 terminally ill cancer patients over the age of 60 years were randomly assigned to a treatment group and a control group. …
Authors
Duggleby WD; Degner L; Williams A; Wright K; Cooper D; Popkin D; Holtslander L
Journal
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, Vol. 33, No. 3, pp. 247–257
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
March 2007
DOI
10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2006.09.013
ISSN
0885-3924