Did a digital quality of life (QOL) assessment and practice support system in home health care improve the QOL of older adults living with life-limiting conditions and of their family caregivers? A mixed-methods pragmatic randomized controlled trial

• Richard Sawatzky ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: rick.sawatzky@twu.ca

  ¶☯ Shared first authors who contributed equally to this project.

  Affiliations School of Nursing, Trinity Western University, Langley, British Columbia, Canada, Centre for Advancing Health Outcomes, Providence Health Care Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Institute of Health and Care Sciences, and Centre for Person-Centered Care (GPCC), Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8042-190X

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• Kara Schick-Makaroff ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶☯ Shared first authors who contributed equally to this project.

  Affiliation Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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• Pamela A. Ratner,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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• Jae-Yung Kwon,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Nursing & Institute on Aging and Lifelong Health, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia BC, Canada

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• David G. T. Whitehurst,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

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• Joakim Öhlén,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute of Health and Care Sciences, and Centre for Person-Centered Care (GPCC), Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, Palliative Centre, Sahlgrenska University Hospital Västra Götaland Region, Gothenburg, Sweden

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• Alies Maybee,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Independent patient partner,

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• Kelli Stajduhar,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Nursing & Institute on Aging and Lifelong Health, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia BC, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2381-4712

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• Lisa Zetes-Zanatta,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Kamloops Community Programs and Surgical Services Network, Interior Health Authority, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada

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• S. Robin Cohen

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Departments of Oncology and Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Lady Davis Research Institute of the Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2153-8486

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