Cancer, Chemotherapy. Maintenance chemotherapy NOS
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: Intervention Group: Dignity therapy is a brief individual therapy in which the therapist asks a series of open-ended questions to the patient within a 30 to 60-minute session, encourag
Sponsors
Qazvin University of Medical Sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Willingness to participate in the research and complete the consent form 2. Full consciousness and the ability to communicate 3. People over 18 years old 4. Being literate in reading and writing in the Persian language 5. Starting chemotherapy at least 6 months ago 6. Access to a phone or mobile for follow-up
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Diagnosis of a psychiatric disorder and use of psychotropic drugs (as diagnosed by a physician) 2. Experience of spiritual crises in the last 6 months (self-report) 3. Use of alcohol and drugs (self-report)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| This is a score that each participant will receive based on the 24-item Distress Thermometer scale developed by Kissane (2004). Timepoint: The Demoralization Syndrome questionnaire will be administered at three different time points: before the intervention, immediately after the intervention, and three months post-intervention for follow-up. Method of measurement: The Demoralization Syndrome (DS) is a tool designed by Kissane and colleagues (2004) to assess Demoralization Syndrome in cancer patients. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Public ContactSima Kazemi
Qazvin University of Medical Sciences
Outcome results
None listed