Palliative Care
Conditions
Keywords
Spirituality, Intervention Study
Brief summary
This work aims to study the benefits that the therapeutic interview Kibo in palliative care patients can have for spirituality. A parallel randomized controlled trial of two groups was performed. Information was collected on 60 palliative care patients during the moments before and after the intervention.
Interventions
OTHERTherapeutic interview: kibo protocol
The kibo protocol is a therapeutic interview designed to address the spiritual needs of patients at the end of life.
Sponsors
Sociedad Española de Cuidados Paliativos SECPAL
University of Valencia
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
1. To be 18 or more years of age. 2. Being in advanced or terminal disease phase (following World Health Organization criteria). 3. To have preserved cognitive capacity. 4. To have signed the informed consent.
Exclusion criteria
a) Estimated time of survival: Patients with a life expectancy of two weeks or less will not be intervened.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in the dimension of spirituality (PRE and POST measures) | Baseline up to 4 weeks | This variable was assessed with the Spirituality questionnaire from the Spanish Society of Palliative Care (SECPAL). This questionnaire contains 8 items, and it provides scores from 0 to 32, where higher values represent a better outcome. In order to observe the change in the dimension of spirituality, it was measured at in two time points: First measurement: PRE. Once the participant had signed the informed consent, the initial score for this outcome was assessed. Second measurement: POST. Up to 4 weeks after the first measurement, the second measurement of the same variable was carried out. Between first and second measurement, the control group received the usual psychological attention, whereas the intervention group received usual psychological attention plus attention of spiritual needs following the Kibo protocol (intervention). |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in resilience (PRE and POST measures) | Baseline up to 4 weeks | This variable was assessed with the Brief Resilient Coping Scale (BRCS). This scale contains 4 items, and it provides scores from 4 to 20, where higher values represent a better outcome. In order to observe the change in the dimension of resilience, it was measured at in two time points: First measurement: PRE. Once the participant had signed the informed consent, the initial score for this outcome was assessed. Second measurement: POST. Up to 4 weeks after the first measurement, the second measurement of the same variable was carried out. Between first and second measurement, the control group received the usual psychological attention, whereas the intervention group received usual psychological attention plus attention of spiritual needs following the Kibo protocol (intervention). |
| Change in demoralization (PRE and POST measures) | Baseline up to 4 weeks | This variable was assessed with the Short Demoralization Scale (SDS). This scale contains 5 items, and it provides scores from 0 to 20, where lower values represent a better outcome. In order to observe the change in the dimension of demoralization, it was measured at in two time points: First measurement: PRE. Once the participant had signed the informed consent, the initial score for this outcome was assessed. Second measurement: POST. Up to 4 weeks after the first measurement, the second measurement of the same variable was carried out. Between first and second measurement, the control group received the usual psychological attention, whereas the intervention group received usual psychological attention plus attention of spiritual needs following the Kibo protocol (intervention). |
Countries
Spain
Outcome results
None listed