Logotherapy Counseling Programme for Palliative Care Patients With Chronic Sorrow

Cancer Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effect of Logotherapy Counseling Programme on Dignity and Chronic Sorrow in Palliative Care Patients Experiencing Chronic Sorrow

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05129059
• Other study ID #: KA21/276
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 19, 2021
• Est. completion date: May 31, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: February 2023
• Source: Baskent University
• Contact: Yasemin Eskigülek
• Phone: +905447887405
• Email: yaseminuslu12[@]gmail.com
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

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.

Description:

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 58
• Est. completion date: May 31, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: April 1, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

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

Exclusion Criteria:

Clinically diagnosed mental disorder Patients with palliative performance scale score < 40%

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cancer
• Palliative Care

Intervention

Other:
• Logotherapy
Logotherapy is a method of finding meaning with three basic principles. The first principle is that life is meaningful in every situation , even in the most desperate moments. The second principle is that the main source of motivation is the desire to find meaning in life. The third is that an individual is free to choose his own attitude even in the worst conditions.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Gazi University Hospital	Ankara

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Baskent University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	meaning in life	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	baseline and 8 weeks
Primary	dignity	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.	baseline and 8 weeks
Primary	chronic sorrow	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.	baseline and 8 weeks