End stage cancer. Personal history of malignant neoplasms of other organs and systems
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: Intervention group: The intervention includes psychotherapy and the patient s conversation with the doctor and creating empathy during a ten-minute session and symptomatic treatment ac
Sponsors
Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: All patients in the final stages of cancer End-stage cancer patients referred to palliative medicine clinic of Imam Khomeini Hospital All patients in the final stages of hematological cancers All cancer patients who do not receive special cancer treatment End-stage cancer patients referred to internal clinic of Imam Khomeini Hospital
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients receiving specific cancer treatment Cancer patients who visit the surgery clinic Cancer patients receiving chemotherapy Cancer patients candidates for surgery Cancer patients candidates for radiotherapy
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Questionnaire of sleep quality, appetite and depression. Timepoint: Filling out the questionnaire at the first visit and then four weeks later. Method of measurement: Questionnaire for the effect of supportive treatments on patients' symptoms.;Appetite. Timepoint: sleep. Method of measurement: depression. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Public ContactNakisa Solymanian
Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Outcome results
None listed