Efficacy of psychosocial intervention in the comprehensive care of persons with advanced disease.

  • Dolors Mateo Ortega Qualy-Centro Colaborador de la OMS para programas públicos de cuidados paliativos, Instituto Catalán de Oncología, Hospitalet, España Cátedra de Cuidados Paliativos. Universidad de Vic. Facultad de Psicología. Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Grupo de Investigación en Estrés y Salud, Bellaterra, Barcelona.
  • Xavier Gómez-Batiste Qualy-Centro Colaborador de la OMS para programas públicos de cuidados paliativos, Instituto Catalán de Oncología, Hospitalet, España Cátedra de Cuidados Paliativos. Universidad de Vic.
  • Joaquín T. Limonero Facultad de Psicología. Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Grupo de Investigación en Estrés y Salud, Bellaterra, Barcelona.
  • Marisa Martínez-Muñoz Qualy-Centro Colaborador de la OMS para programas públicos de cuidados paliativos, Instituto Catalán de Oncología, Hospitalet, España Cátedra de Cuidados Paliativos. Universidad de Vic.
  • Montserrat Buisan Fundación “la Caixa”. Área de Integración Social. Barcelona, España.
  • Veronica de Pascual Fundación “la Caixa”. Área de Integración Social. Barcelona, España.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_PSIC.2013.v10.n2-3.43451
Keywords: Psychosocial care, comprehensive care, efficacy, end of life, palliative care, multi centric.

Abstract

Objective: To demonstrate the efficacy of psychosocial intervention in the comprehensive care of persons with advanced diseases.
Methods: Presence and evolution of psychological and spiritual parameters have been evaluated in 8964 patients, attended by 117 professionals of 29 teams in a near experimental designed, prospective, and multi centric related to a single group pre and post test study.
Results: Results show meaningful improvements in parameters such as: anxiety (RL 657.64 p<0.001), emotional distress (RL 757.44; p<0.001), meaning of life (RL 248.30; p<0.001) and peace and forgiveness feelings (RL 190.94; p<0.001).
Conclusions: The positive effect of psychosocial intervention in reducing psychological and spiritual evaluated parameters suggests its effectiveness in the care given to people with advanced diseases.

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Published
2013-11-25
How to Cite
Mateo Ortega D., Gómez-Batiste X., Limonero J. T., Martínez-Muñoz M., Buisan M. y de Pascual V. (2013). Efficacy of psychosocial intervention in the comprehensive care of persons with advanced disease. Psicooncología, 10(2-3), 299-316. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_PSIC.2013.v10.n2-3.43451
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Vol. 10 No. 2-3 (2013)
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