Existential Issues in Elderly People With Cancer

Existential Issues in Elderly People With Cancer in an Early Palliative Phase- a Phenomenological Hermeneutic Approach

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01309815

Enrollment

Registered

2011-03-07

Start date

2011-02-28

Completion date

2012-06-30

Last updated

2013-01-28

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Conditions

Cancer

Keywords

neoplasms, existentialism, existential concerns, Meaning making, early palliative phase, elderly

Brief summary

The purpose is to describe, interpret and provide a detailed understanding of what it means to be elderly people with cancer who receive treatment in specialized health care. Focus is especially put on the content and expression of existential issues and the importance of spirituality for the patient´s life story and medical story.

Detailed description

Existential and spiritual issues in elderly people with cancer are scarcely investigated with respect to the content and importance of these aspects to this patient group in terms of living with their disease and benefit from specialist health treatment and care. The present study is an independent doctoral study that also has an initial function for an intended multidisciplinary research project with the working title Aged people with cancer.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

70 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Patients with cancer from the age 70 and older receiving palliative treatment in specialized health care

Exclusion criteria

* Terminal patients * Patients considered as too sick for the interview session * Patients with lack of consent

Countries

Norway

Outcome results