Efficacy of dignity therapy in psychological and existential distress of terminally-ill patients
Phase 2
Completed
- Conditions
- Psychological and existential distress of terminally-ill patientsMental and Behavioural Disorders
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN34354086
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of Lisbon (Portugal)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 100
Inclusion Criteria
1. Age = 18 years old
2. Patient with a life-threatening disease
3. Patient able to read and speak Portuguese
4. Patient able to provide written informed consent
5. Patient with no evidence or diagnosis of dementia or delirium, demonstrated by information on medical chart or by clinical consensus between the main investigator and another palliative care physician
6. Mini Mental State score = 20
7. Availability to have 4 to 5 research encounters, over a period of one month
Exclusion Criteria
Patients enrolled on other palliative care programs
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To determine the efficacy of DT in reducing depression symptoms
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method