Dignity Therapy and Life Review for Inpatients and Outpatients with Advanced Cancer

Completed

• Conditions: Advanced Cancer; Cancer - Any cancer

• Registration Number: ACTRN12611000584932
• Lead Sponsor: Dean Vuksanovic

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2011-06-07
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 120

Inclusion Criteria

1. Diagnosis of advanced cancer with life expectancy of less than 12 months (clinical consensus)
2. Minimum age of 18 years
3. English speaking
4. Commitment to up to four contacts over approximately 7 to 10 days
5. No cognitive impairment (clinical consensus)
6. Willingness to provide verbal and written consent

Exclusion Criteria

1. To reduce potential bias, patients previously followed by primary investigator who also works as a psychologist in cancer services and palliative care will be excluded from this study
2. Significant cognitive impairment (clinical consensus and/or scores on cognitive screening tools)

Patients with advanced non-cancer illnesses will not be excluded from the study but due to setting of this study it is highly unlikely that a significant number will be recruited.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified