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.
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.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
58
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.
Gazi University Hospital
Ankara, Turkey (Türkiye)
RECRUITINGmeaning 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
Time frame: baseline and 8 weeks
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.
Time frame: baseline and 8 weeks
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.
Time frame: baseline and 8 weeks
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