April 2009 – October 2010
Dimbleby Cancer Care
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This project is part of the Cancer Experiences Collaborative Portfolio. Its aims are:
Qualitative interviews and measurement of health related quality of life and service use among older people who have advanced cancer and are living alone at home. Telephone interviews with carers.
Interviews were conducted with 33 older adult patients judged to be in the last year of life. All were aged over 69 years and living with advanced cancer. The study is now complete.
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Hanratty, B., Addington-Hall, J., Arthur, A., Cooper, L., Grande, G., Payne, S. and Seymour, J. (2013). What is different about living alone with cancer in older age? A qualitative study of experiences and preferences for care. BMC Family Practice, 14(22) doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-14-22
Hanratty, B., Lowson, E., Holmes, L., Addington-Hall, J., Arthur, A., Grande, G., Payne, S. and Seymour, J. (2012) A comparison of strategies to recruit older patients and carers to end-of-life research in primary care. BMC Health Services Research, 12. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-342
University of Nottingham School of Health Sciences Queen's Medical Centre Nottingham, NG7 2HA
email: kristian.pollock@nottingham.ac.uk