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CARE

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Sebastián Soto-Guerrero

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Sebastián Soto-Guerrero

I hold an interdisciplinary background in Public Health, Social Work and Philosophy. Currently, I’m pursuing a PhD in Global Health at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB).

 

FURTHER INFORMATION

Countries Chile; Germany;
Topics Ageing in place; Care inequalities; Dementia care and support; Employment education and family carers; End-of-life care and LTC; Outcomes for unpaid/informal carers; Unpaid / informal care;
Methods Delphi surveys; Observational studies; Qualitative studies; Quantitative data analysis; Scoping reviews; Systematic Review;
Role Research;
Interest Groups Ageing and Place; Community-based approaches to dementia care; Employment Education and Family carers; Unmet need inequalities and care poverty (UNICAP);
ORC.ID0000-0003-4148-3953
LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/sebastiansotoguerrero
Research interests

My main research interest is Family Caregiving across the Trajectory of Serious Illness. I am curious about understanding health disparities of families and older patients living with long-term care needs.
Key publications
  1. Soto-Guerrero, S., Langer, P., Carrasco, C., Tupper-Satt, L., González-Otaíza, M., Rodríguez-Núñez, A., & Pérez-Cruz, P. E. (2025). Caregiver perception of quality of dying of cancer patients is associated with patient-reported quality of life during the last month of life. Supportive care in cancer, 33(12), 1052. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-025-10073-z
  2. Tripodoro, V. A., Pérez-Cruz, P., Khoury, M., León, M. X., Saca, J. M. L., Veloso, V., Acero, Á., Soto-Guerrero, S., Rodríguez, M., Uchida, M., Korfage, I., van der Heide, A., & CO-LIVE Latin America research group (2025). Beyond the Pandemic: End-of-Life Care Lessons From Latin America to Inform Future Health Emergencies. Journal of pain and symptom management, 71(2), 280–289. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2025.10.016
  3. Soto-Guerrero, S., Palacios, J., Langer, P., Carrasco, C., Tupper-Satt, L., González-Otaíza, M., Rodríguez-Núñez, A., & Pérez-Cruz, P. E. (2024). Objective burden, caregiver psychological distress, and patient religion and quality of life are associated with high-intensity burden of care among caregivers of advanced cancer patients in a Latino population. Palliative & supportive care, 22(6), 1639–1647. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1478951523000834
  4. Gallastegui-Brana, A., Rodríguez-Nunez, A., Palacios, J., Soto-Soto, F., Castellano, J., Soto-Guerrero, S., & Pérez-Cruz, P. E. (2023). Development and Validation of a Tool to Assess the Structural Quality of Palliative Care Services. Journal of pain and symptom management, 65(6), 490–499. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2023.01.006