Effect on Patient Quality of Life of Taking Into Account the Spiritual Dimension in Nurse's Care for Haematologic Cancers.

Completed

• Conditions: Lymphoma; Acute Leukemia

• Registration Number: NCT03698656
• Lead Sponsor: University Hospital, Toulouse

Brief Summary

Pilot study on feasibility of taking into account spiritual dimension in nurse's care of patients with haematologic cancer

Detailed Description

Patients with acute leukaemia or lymphoma will be invited to have three interviews centered on spiritual issues on a six-eight months period.

The intervention consist on 3 intervention interviews conducted at the beginning of the study and approximatively 2 and 4 months later (according to the program of medical care). Quality of life (FACT-G) and spiritual well-being (FACIT-SP12) scales will be completed at the beginning (before the first intervention interview) and at the end of the study (approximately 2 month after the third intervention interview, i.e. 6 to 8 month after the first interview).

This pilot study will assess the proportion of patients who will accept to enter in the study and to complete it.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2018-10-01
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-10-05
• Study First Posted: 2018-10-09
• Study Start: 2018-10-10
• Primary Completion: 2020-10-01
• Study Completion: 2020-10-01
• Status Verified: 2020-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-12-24
• Last Update Posted: 2020-12-28

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients with acute leukaemia or lymphoma, in the first month of hospitalisation after primary diagnosis or firs relapse
• More than 17 years old
• French language
• Having signed informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients requiring palliative care
• Important psychic vulnerability or severe psychiatric disorders

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Rate of patients accepting to enter the study and to complete it on the 6 - 8 month period	6-8 months	Number of patients having entered the study with regards to the number of the contacted patients, and number of patients having completed the six-eight month study with regards to the patients having entered the study

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Rate of entire completion of quality of life scales	6-8 months	Rate of entire completion of functional assessment of cancer therapy - general and The Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy Spiritual Well-Being 12 items scales whose values will be used in order to determine the sample size of a further randomised controlled trial
Number of contacted patients with regards to the number of eligible hospitalized patients	6-8 months

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University Hospital Toulouse; 🇫🇷 Toulouse, France