Giving and receiving thanks: a mixed methods pilot study of a gratitude intervention for palliative patients and their carers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Psychological research examining the nature and workings of gratitude has burgeoned over the past two decades. However, few studies have considered gratitude in the palliative care context. Based on an exploratory study which found that gratitude was correlated with better quality of life and less psychological distress in palliative patients, we designed and piloted a gratitude intervention where palliative patients and a carer of their choice wrote and shared a gratitude letter with each other. The aims of this study are to establish the feasibility and acceptability of our gratitude intervention and provide a preliminary assessment of its effects.

Methods

This pilot intervention study adopted a mixed-methods, concurrent nested, pre-post evaluation design. To as

SUBMITTER: Bernard M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10134658 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature