Emotional disclosure as a form of therapeutic intervention on health-related outcomes of people with progressive, advanced, chronic diseases

一个混合方法博士：1)审查关于表达性写作在进行性、晚期、慢性疾病患者及其家庭照顾者中的可接受性和有效性的证据，并对解释表达性写作如何产生健康益处的理论框架进行审查；2)利用这一理解与患者一起发展；家庭护理人员，健康和社会专业人员为患有进行性晚期慢性疾病的人量身定制的表达性写作干预在疼痛，睡眠，抑郁，焦虑，3)开展探索性研究，测试表达性写作对进行性晚期慢性疾病患者及其家庭照顾者的可行性和可接受性；4)探索患者及其家庭照顾者完成表达性写作干预的体验

A mixed-methods PhD to:1) review the evidence on the acceptability and efficacy of expressive writing in people with progressive, advanced, chronic diseases and their family carers and to undertake a review of the theoretical frameworks proposed to explain how expressive writing may produce health benefits2) use this understanding to develop with patients, family carers and health and social professionals an expressive writing intervention tailored for people with progressive advanced chronic diseases to produce beneficial improvements in pain, sleep, depression, anxiety, and stress and cause no adverse effect3) to undertake an exploratory study to test the feasibility and acceptability of expressive writing for people with progressive advance chronic diseases and their family carers4) to explore patients and family carers experiences of completing an expressive writing intervention