Oct 12, 2018
This episode features Professor Mari Lloyd
Williams (Academic Palliative and Supportive Care Studies
Group, Institute of Psychology, Health and Society, University of
Liverpool, Liverpool, UK). This was
a pilot trial to determine the effect of
a focused narrative intervention on depression in
palliative care patients when used in addition to usual care. The
study found that focused narrative intervention can be an
effective intervention for moderate to severe depression in
palliative care patients when used in addition to usual care. The
effect of the intervention appears to be sustained at 6-week
follow-up. Those randomised to the intervention appeared to
have longer survival than patients randomised to usual care. This
study supports the requirement for a
larger randomised controlled trial.
The focused narrative intervention could be
delivered by any member of a palliative care team. The cost
benefits of the intervention need to be explored in further
studies.
Full paper available from: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0269216317711322
If you would like to record a podcast about your published (or
accepted) Palliative Medicine paper, please contact Dr Amara Nwosu:
anwosu@liverpool.ac.uk