nderstanding of the efficacy of recording a diary of things for which one is grateful in the reduction of suffering in terminally-ill patients.

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: all cancer types of patients; Public Health - Health service research; Cancer - Any cancer; terminally ill patients

• Registration Number: ACTRN12618001721291
• Lead Sponsor: tan ting ting

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2018-10-18
• Study Completion: 2019-12-31
• Last Update Posted: 13 July 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 80

Inclusion Criteria

Adult palliative care patients age 18 years old and above will be recruited from University of Malaya Medical Center.

Exclusion Criteria

Patients who are not interested to enroll or confused (according to confusion assessment method) will be excluded from the study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
(a) Suffering score difference using suffering score chart for intervention arm vs control arm[7 days post randomization];(b) GQ6-form score differences for intervention arm vs control arm<br>[7 days post randomization]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
HADS score differences for intervention arm vs control arm[7 days post randomization];suffering pictogram score difference for intervention arm vs control arm[7 days post randomization]