ArticlePatient education and counseling2023
The role of social networks in prognostic understanding of older adults with advanced cancer.
Article in Patient education and counseling, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07393529 (A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of a Social Network Intervention for Older Patients With Cancer), which is not on this map. Cited by 2 papers.
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A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of a Social Network Intervention for Older Patients With Cancer
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- Study protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial of SONATA: A social network intervention for older adults with advanced cancer.Journal of geriatric oncology · 2026Article
- Healthcare Providers' Resilience Communication: A New Type of Patient-Centered Communication.Journal of health communication · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectivesExplore how older patients utilize their social networks to inform prognostic understanding.
methodsIn a pilot study of adults (≥65 years old) with advanced cancer, 16 patients completed surveys, social network maps, and semi-structured interviews exploring with whom they preferred to communicate about their illness. Interviews were analyzed using open-coding, and codes were categorized into emergent themes. Social network maps and themes were analyzed via mixed-methods social network analysis (MMSNA). Three case examples with diverse network characteristics and communication patterns were selected for further analysis.
resultsThree overarching themes (i.e., prognostic understanding, social support, and therapeutic alliance) revealed that patients' prognostic understanding was strongly influenced by the quality of the social support patients perceived from members of their social networks. Patients demonstrated prognostic understanding when they reported close relationships and open communication with their network members. Case examples revealed some ways that patients sought information and had better sense of their prognosis when they had supportive social networks.
conclusionFindings illustrate how understanding social networks may provide information on how older adults with cancer seek, share, and process prognostic information.
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