ArticlePalliative & supportive care2026
Comprehensive psychosocial and spiritual care of people with advanced chronic conditions: The experience of La Caixa foundation program at 15 years.
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- Comprehensive psychosocial and spiritual care of people with advanced chronic conditions: The experience of La Caixa foundation program at 15 years - CORRIGENDUM.Palliative & supportive care · 2026Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo describe and assess the overall results of the La Caixa Foundation and the ICO/UVIC Chair of Palliative Care (Former WHO Collaborating Centre) Program "Comprehensive Care of People with Advanced Chronic Conditions" at 15 years (2008-2023).
methodsWe used qualitative and quantitative methods, such as prospective, quasi-experimental, and pre-post test designs, to evaluate the effectiveness of the interventions led by psychosocial teams providing support to existing healthcare services. Data were collected from the Program's unique shared online information system, retrieving output and outcomes information, including data obtained from validated psychosocial evaluation instruments and semi-structured interviews with patients, relatives, professionals and other stakeholders, focusing on effectiveness, satisfaction, and perceived quality of different aspects of the Program, as well as outputs.
resultsFrom 2008 to 2022, the Program implemented 65 teams in Spain and 11 in Portugal across all the provinces, with 379 full-time professionals. They saw 286,644 patients and 371,023 relatives, with a median intervention duration of 2.3 weeks. Patients' mean (SD) age was 73.2 (14.9) years; 52.3% were women, and most had a cancer diagnosis (60.1%). After 3 consecutive interventions, patients showed significantly improved psychosocial parameters, according to the Assessment of PSS Needs (ENP-E) and Existential Loneliness Detection Scale (EDSOL). Patients, relatives, and stakeholders were highly satisfied. The Program has developed a Master's degree that has trained over 250 professionals and conducted 371 courses/workshops and 302 lectures. The Program developed tools, manuals, and protocols that were published, available, and common to all professionals involved. It also developed innovative approaches responding to special settings and needs. SIGNIFICANCE OF
resultsA care program within a collaborative framework between public health services and non-profit foundations is an effective, efficient, and feasible model for organizing the psychosocial and spiritual dimension of care for patients with advanced chronic conditions and their relatives.
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