The Effect of Logotherapy Counseling Programme on Dignity and Chronic Sorrow in Palliative Care Patients Experiencing Chronic Sorrow
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 招募中
- 入组人数
- 58
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- meaning in life
研究概览
简要总结
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of logotherapy counseling program on chronic sorrow, meaning of life and dignity of palliative care patients.
详细描述
Palliative care patients experience psychosocial and spiritual problems such as depressed mood, fear of metastasis, uncertainty, lack of pleasure, fear of suffering, and chronic sorrow. Logotherapy is a meaning-centered intervention helping the individual to discover the meaning of life and increasing the spiritual well-being and quality of life of the individual. In this study, the effect of logotherapy counseling program on dignity, chronic sorrow and meaning of life of palliative care patients will be evaluated.
In this study, the participants will be randomized in a single blind manner (participant) to either intervention (8 session-4 week logotherapy) or control (routine care) groups.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Hospitalized patients due to advanced cancer Patients informed of cancer diagnosis at least 1 month Patients reporting to have chronic sorrow Patients with palliative performance scale score at least 50% Patients having life expectancy more than 6 months Patients who volunteered to participate in the study and signed written informed consent
排除标准
- •Clinically diagnosed mental disorder Patients with palliative performance scale score < 40%
研究组 & 干预措施
Logotherapy
Participants will receive individual logotherapy counseling by the investigator for 8 visits in 4 weeks.
干预措施: Logotherapy (Other)
Control
Participants will receive routine care.
结局指标
主要结局
meaning in life
时间窗: baseline and 8 weeks
Meaning in life scale is a validated, 7-points Likert type scale with 2 dimensions. Possible scores range from 5 to 35 for each dimensions. Change= score of present meaning subscale\> searched meaning subscale (8 week subscale-baseline subscale
dignity
时间窗: baseline and 8 weeks
The Patient Dignity Inventory is a valid, 5-points Likert type scale with 5 dimensions. Possible scores range from 25-125. Change= Lower score from the patient dignity inventory at the end of intervention compared to baseline.
chronic sorrow
时间窗: baseline and 8 weeks
Prolonged grief disorder scale-patient form is a valid, 5-points Likert type scale. Possible scores range from 12 to 60. Change= Lower score from the scale at the end of intervention compared to baseline.
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Yasemin Eskigülek
RN, MSN
Baskent University