Feasibility of Patient Reported Outcome Measures in Psychosocial Palliative Care: Observational Cohort Study of Hospice Day Care and Social Support Groups

Bradley, N, Dowrick, C and Lloyd-Williams, M ORCID: 0000-0002-9590-5288 (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). ISSN 1660-4601

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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
Uncontrolled Keywords:	palliative care; hospice day care; social support; patient reported outcome measures; 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; hospice day care; palliative care; patient reported outcome measures; social support; Male; Female; Humans; Middle Aged; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Palliative Care; Hospices; Quality of Life; Feasibility Studies; Day Care, Medical; Social Support; Patient Reported Outcome Measures; 4203 Health Services and Systems; 4205 Nursing; 42 Health Sciences; 44 Human Society; 4409 Social Work; Women's Health; Aging; Social Determinants of Health; Clinical Research; Pain Research; Depression; Brain Disorders; Behavioral and Social Science; Mental Health; Health Services; Clinical Trials and Supportive Activities; Chronic Pain; 7.2 End of life care; Generic health relevance; Mental health; 3 Good Health and Well Being; Male; Female; Humans; Middle Aged; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Palliative Care; Hospices; Quality of Life; Feasibility Studies; Day Care, Medical; Social Support; Patient Reported Outcome Measures; Toxicology
Subjects:	R Medicine > RT Nursing
Divisions:	Nursing, Public and Allied Health
Publisher:	MDPI AG
Date of acceptance:	13 October 2022
Date of first compliant Open Access:	20 August 2026
Date Deposited:	20 Aug 2026 13:38
Last Modified:	20 Aug 2026 13:38
DOI or ID number:	10.3390/ijerph192013258
URI:	https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/29164

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