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Project

Towards theory-­based behavioral interventions to improve early initiation of palliative care in people with cancer: application of the Theory of Planned Behavior
Code
01D35417
Duration
01 October 2017 → 30 September 2018
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Research disciplines
  • Medical and health sciences
    • Neurosciences not elsewhere classified
Keywords
palliative care behavior End-­of-­life (EoL) care people with cancer health behavior theory
 
Project description

Palliative care (PC) is often initiated too late. Theory-­based behavioral interventions that improve early initiation of PC in the disease course are necessary. A desired patient behavior is to bring up PC with the family physician. The aim of this project is 1) to identify determinants affecting the
desired patient behavior, and 2) to systematically develop a theoretically-­based behavioral intervention.