Feasibility of Dignity Therapy Intervention on Cancer Patients in Charge to an Hospital Palliative Care Unit.
NCT ID: NCT04738305
Last Updated: 2021-02-08
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
50 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2016-06-30
2017-12-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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NA
SINGLE_GROUP
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
NONE
Study Groups
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Dignity Therapy Intervention
All the patients that accepted to participate in the study were provided with Dignity Therapy Intervention. A short-term intervention aimed at reducing existential distress of patients facing with advanced illness.
Dignity Therapy
The Italian version Dignity Therapy intervention (Chochinov HM 2015) has been delivered. Intervention questions were not previously delivered to patients.
DT interview was provided to patients by Specifically trained Nurses. Interviews were audio-recorded and transcribed then revised by the patients to develop the final Generativity Document. Generativity Document was delivered to patients that could share it with their loved ones.
Interventions
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Dignity Therapy
The Italian version Dignity Therapy intervention (Chochinov HM 2015) has been delivered. Intervention questions were not previously delivered to patients.
DT interview was provided to patients by Specifically trained Nurses. Interviews were audio-recorded and transcribed then revised by the patients to develop the final Generativity Document. Generativity Document was delivered to patients that could share it with their loved ones.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* over 3 months life expectancy
* referring to hospital palliative care unit
* performance status (Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group - ECOG) between 0 and 2
* awareness of being affected by an incurable cancer
* cognitive ability to read, understand and fill in a questionnaire in Italian
* willing and able to give written informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Azienda USL Reggio Emilia - IRCCS
OTHER_GOV
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Francesca Nunziante
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Azienda USL - IRCCS di Reggio Emilia
Locations
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Azienda USL - IRCCS di Reggio Emilia
Reggio Emilia, , Italy
Countries
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References
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Chochinov HM. Terapia della dignità : parole per il tempo che rimane. Il pensiero scientifico, 2015.
Nunziante F, Tanzi S, Alquati S, Autelitano C, Bedeschi E, Bertocchi E, Dragani M, Simonazzi D, Turola E, Braglia L, Masini L, Di Leo S. Providing dignity therapy to patients with advanced cancer: a feasibility study within the setting of a hospital palliative care unit. BMC Palliat Care. 2021 Aug 16;20(1):129. doi: 10.1186/s12904-021-00821-3.
Other Identifiers
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2016/0007193
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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