Study of Poetic Dignity Therapy for Sexual and Gender Minority Patients With Cancer

N/AActive Not RecruitingNCT06293456

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center15 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study is to find out if dignity therapy is practical and works well for sexual and gender minority (SGM) patients in MSK. SGM includes, but is not limited to, people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer/questioning (LGBTQ+). Dignity therapy is a type of psychotherapy where the clinician asks the patient questions to allow the patient to express their individual life story and ultimately be able to create a legacy document of their experiences that can be shared with their loved ones.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

End of Life

Interventions

Dignity TherapyOTHER

A trained research staff member will conduct the DT interview virtually. The interview will occur or by phone only if the participant lacks access to technology for videoconferencing. The interviewer asks a series of open-ended questions that encourages patients to talk about their lives and what matters most to them.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * SGM (as per self-report) palliative care patients identified through Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center's Palliative Care team and primary solid tumor oncology clinics. * Age 18 and older (as per self-report/EHR) * English-speaking as per the English language assessment items below and wil ing to receive the intervention in English. o What is the participant's preferred language? * (Specify Lang)\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ * How well does the participant speak English? * Very well (PARTICIPANT IS ELIGIBLE) * Well (PARTICIPANT is ELIGIBLE) * Not well (PARTICIPANT is NOT ELIGIBLE) * Not at all (PARTICIPANT is NOT ELIGIBLE) Exclusion Criteria: * Delirium/ altered mental status prohibitive of providing consent.

Locations (7)

Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge (Consent only)

Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States

Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (Consent Only)

Middletown, New Jersey, United States

Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen (Consent Only)

Montvale, New Jersey, United States

Memorial Sloan Kettering Suffolk- Commack (Consent Only)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

the number of patients who complete the intervention

This requires meeting both of the following criteria: i) collection of the DT Interview for 30 patients; and ii) delivery of the poem to at least 22 (\>75%) participants.

Time frame: 1 year

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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