Evidenced outcome: Reduced patient anxiety

  • Evidence point
    Additional psychological support provided to patients during their hospital stay reduced anxiety (75% agreed/strongly agreed, n=19) in patients
  • Primary beneficiary
    Service users
  • Partner organisation
    Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
  • Volunteering role / intervention
    Companionship volunteers
  • Evidence strength
    Promising
  • Produced
    November 2020

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