Home-based hospice care alleviates the burden of mental disorders in older patients with advanced cancer

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World J Psychiatry. Sep 19, 2026; 16(9): 119705
Published online Sep 19, 2026. doi: 10.5498/wjp.119705

Table 3 Comparison of Revised Piper Fatigue Scale scores between the two groups, mean ± SD

Group	n	Cognition		Sense		Emotion		Behavior
Group	n	Before intervention	After intervention	Before intervention	After intervention	Before intervention	After intervention	Before intervention	After intervention
Group A	126	6.36 ± 0.74	5.14 ± 0.52^a	5.93 ± 0.78	4.86 ± 0.64^a	6.47 ± 0.69	5.42 ± 0.59^a	5.67 ± 0.65	4.02 ± 0.42^a
Group B	126	6.29 ± 0.81	4.55 ± 0.68^a	6.02 ± 0.74	4.47 ± 0.60^a	6.52 ± 0.71	4.60 ± 0.61^a	5.59 ± 0.71	3.54 ± 0.50^a
t value		0.716	7.737	-0.940	4.990	-0.567	10.846	0.933	8.251
P value		0.475	0.000	0.348	0.000	0.571	0.000	0.352	0.000

^aP < 0.05.

P compared with before the intervention. Group A (control) received conventional care; group B (observation) received home-based hospice care.

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Citation: Hou R, Xue XR, Qiao JY, Liu BX. Home-based hospice care alleviates the burden of mental disorders in older patients with advanced cancer. World J Psychiatry 2026; 16(9): 119705
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DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.5498/wjp.119705

Hou R, Xue XR, Qiao JY, Liu BX. Home-based hospice care alleviates the burden of mental disorders in older patients with advanced cancer. World J Psychiatry 2026; 16(9): 119705 [DOI: 10.5498/wjp.119705]

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