ReviewJournal of pain and symptom management2021
Objectifying the Subjective: The Use of Heart Rate Variability as a Psychosocial Symptom Biomarker in Hospice and Palliative Care Research.
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- The use of wearable sensor technology to enhance supportive care in hospitalized palliative patients (Support trial): a prospective preliminary pilot study.BMC palliative care · 2025Article
- Self-rated health differences between exclusive e-cigarette users and exclusive cigarette smokers: evidence from the 2017-2019 Scottish Health Survey.Internal and emergency medicine · 2025Article
- Palliative care and new technologies. The use of smart sensor technologies and its impact on the Total Care principle.BMC palliative care · 2023Review
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- Palliative care for adolescents and young adults with advanced illness: A scoping review.Palliative medicine · 2023Article
- The biology of stress in cancer: Applying the biobehavioral framework to adolescent and young adult oncology research.Brain, behavior, & immunity - health · 2021Article
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Abstract
Measuring psychosocial symptoms in hospice and palliative care research is critical to understanding the patient and caregiver experience. Subjective patient-reported outcome tools have been the primary method for collecting these data in palliative care, and the growing field of biobehavioral research offers new tools that could deepen our understanding of psychosocial symptomatology. Here we describe one psychosocial biomarker, heart rate variability (HRV), and simple techniques for measurement in an adolescent and young adult cancer population that are applicable to palliative care studies. Complementing self-reported measures with objective biomarkers like HRV could facilitate a more nuanced understanding of physiologic and perceived well-being in patients with serious or life-limiting illness and inform future "precision supportive care" in hospice and palliative medicine.
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