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ArticleJournal of pain and symptom management2018

Using Social Network Analysis to Investigate Positive EOL Communication.

Jiayun Xu, Rumei Yang, Andrew Wilson, Maija Reblin, Margaret F Clayton, Lee Ellington

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Article in Journal of pain and symptom management, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. A Network Analysis of Research Topics and Trends in End-of-Life Care and Nursing.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Jiayun XuSchool of Nursing, College of Health and Human Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA. Electronic address: jiayun@purdue.edu.
Rumei YangCollege of Nursing, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
Andrew WilsonCollege of Nursing, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
Maija ReblinDepartment of Health Outcomes & Behavior, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida, USA.
Margaret F ClaytonCollege of Nursing, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
Lee EllingtonCollege of Nursing, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
University of Utah · USMoffitt Cancer Center · USPurdue University West Lafayette · US

Funding

Symptom Care by Phone for Hospice Caregiver Support and Cancer Symptom ReliefP01CA138317 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI MOONEY, KATHLEEN H · 2010 to 2015
$7.0M
Interdisciplinary Training in Cancer, Caregiving and End-of-Life CareT32NR013456 · NINR · UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI ELLINGTON, LEE A, MOONEY, KATHLEEN H · 2013 to 2022
$3.4M
NCI NIH HHS P01 CA138317NINR NIH HHS T32 NR013456
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

contextEnd-of-life (EOL) communication is a complex process involving the whole family and multiple care providers. Applications of analysis techniques that account for communication beyond the patient and patient/provider will improve clinical understanding of EOL communication.

objectivesThe objectives of the study were to introduce the use of social network analysis to EOL communication data and to provide an example of applying social network analysis to home hospice interactions.

methodsWe provide a description of social network analysis to model communication patterns during home hospice nursing visits. We describe three social network attributes (i.e., magnitude, directionality, and reciprocity) in the expression of positive emotion among hospice nurses, family caregivers, and hospice cancer patients. Differences in communication structure by primary family caregiver across gender and time were also examined.

resultsMagnitude (frequency) in the expression of positive emotion occurred most often between nurses and caregivers or between nurses and patients. Female caregivers directed more positive emotion to nurses, and nurses directed more positive emotion to other family caregivers when the primary family caregiver was male. Reciprocity (mutuality) in positive emotion declined toward day of death but increased on day of actual patient death. There was a variation in reciprocity by the type of positive emotion expressed.

conclusionOur example demonstrates that social network analysis can be used to better understand the process of EOL communication. Social network analysis can be expanded to other areas of EOL research, such as EOL decision making and health care teamwork.

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CommunicationSocial NetworkingAgedCaregiversDecision MakingFemaleHospice CareHouse CallsHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasmsTerminally IllCommunicationend of lifemethodsocial networksocial network analysis

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PMID29723565
PMCPMC6086370
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