Intervention in Spirituality at the End of Life. The Kibo Protocol

NCT ID: NCT03995095

Last Updated: 2019-06-27

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

60 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-03-01

Study Completion Date

2019-03-31

Brief Summary

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This work aims to study the benefits that the therapeutic interview Kibo in palliative care patients can have for spirituality.

A parallel randomized controlled trial of two groups was performed. Information was collected on 60 palliative care patients during the moments before and after the intervention.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Palliative Care

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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Control group

Group of participants that received usual psychological attention.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Experimental group

Group of participants that received usual psychological attention plus attention of spiritual needs following the Kibo protocol (intervention).

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Therapeutic interview: kibo protocol

Intervention Type OTHER

The kibo protocol is a therapeutic interview designed to address the spiritual needs of patients at the end of life.

Interventions

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Therapeutic interview: kibo protocol

The kibo protocol is a therapeutic interview designed to address the spiritual needs of patients at the end of life.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. To be 18 or more years of age.
2. Being in advanced or terminal disease phase (following World Health Organization criteria).
3. To have preserved cognitive capacity.
4. To have signed the informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria

a) Estimated time of survival: Patients with a life expectancy of two weeks or less will not be intervened.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Sociedad Española de Cuidados Paliativos SECPAL

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Valencia

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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M. Antonia Pérez-Marín

Profesora Titular

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Pilar Barreto Martin, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Universitat de València

Locations

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Universitat de València

Valencia, , Spain

Site Status

Countries

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Spain

References

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Soto-Rubio A, Perez-Marin M, Rudilla D, Galiana L, Oliver A, Fombuena M, Barreto P. Responding to the Spiritual Needs of Palliative Care Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial to Test the Effectiveness of the Kibo Therapeutic Interview. Front Psychol. 2020 Aug 21;11:1979. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01979. eCollection 2020.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 32973614 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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H1447334931417

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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