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Filter by:Target Issue: Cognitive impairment in older cancer survivors is highly prevalent and the co-existing neuro-psychiatric symptoms, particularly depression, would further complicate the psychosocial consequence of existential suffering. However, no reminiscence-based interventions are specifically developed for older people with cancer have been developed and evaluated. Target Population: Cancer survivors aged 65 years old and above with a mild cognitive impairment identified by the HK-MoCA 5-Min Protocol cognitive assessment. Intervention: This research project aims to implement a brief reminiscence-based intervention that includes six reminiscence chatting sessions among older cancer survivors. The proposed reminiscence-based intervention has great potential to provide psychological and spiritual care as well as comfort to those who are weak, aged and are in need of assistance. Study Objectives: 1. To evaluate the effect of a reminiscence-based life review intervention on copying with existential suffering including meaning of life (primary outcome), cognitive function, psychological distress and social support (secondary outcomes) in older cancer survivors 2. To explore older cancer survivors' experience of the intervention regarding the impact of the intervention on their existential suffering Study Method: The investigator will recruit 116 voluntary elder patients from the outpatient oncology clinics of the Queen Mary Hospital to participate in the study. They will be individually randomized at a 1:1 ratio to receive usual care or the brief reminiscence-based intervention at home. Outcomes will be assessed at baseline (T0), post-intervention (T1), and 6-week follow-up (T2). A qualitative interview regarding the feedback on the intervention will be undertaken only in the intervention group.
Suicide is the highest mortality risk in psychiatry and about the only life-threatening risk associated with the evolution of mental illness. Worldwide, more than 800,000 people die by suicide each year. Although the number of deaths by suicide has decreased in France (from 11,000 in the 1990s to 9,000 today), suicide is still a major public health problem (the French rate is one of the highest in Europe). The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared a state of emergency and is pushing each country to develop a global multisectoral strategy for effective suicide prevention. To this end, suicide risk assessment tools have been developed for predictive purposes. However, diagnosis remains difficult and the risk of recidivism remains the fear of the psychiatrist. Questioning the subjects about their vision of their existence and the meaning they give to their life would perhaps help to better understand the psychology of the suicidal person. In recent decades, there has been research on meaning and suicide, and more recently a few studies have attempted to quantitatively investigate meaning as a protective factor. More recently, the COVID epidemic has brought the issue of meaning and suicide prevention to the forefront.
Logotherapy has never been evaluated in HIV-infected teenagers. In this study, we will evaluate the meaning of life by using The Purpose in Life Test and the affect of logotherapy in HIV infected youth at HIV-NAT, Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre and King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital.