Emotional disclosure in palliative care: A scoping review of intervention characteristics and implementation factors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Emotional disclosure is the therapeutic expression of emotion. It holds potential as a means of providing psychological support. However, evidence of its efficacy in palliative settings is mixed. This may be due to variation in intervention characteristics.

Aim

To derive a greater understanding of the characteristics of potentially effective emotional disclosure-based interventions in palliative care by:(1) Developing a taxonomy of emotional disclosure-based interventions tested in people with advanced disease and(2) Mapping and linking objectives, outcomes, underlying mechanisms, and implementation factors.

Design

A scoping review drawing on Intervention Component Analysis to combine evidence from studies' methods, results, and discussion sections.

Data

SUBMITTER: McInnerney D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8267079 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature