cancer survivors, meaning-making, existential issues.
Conditions
Interventions
The main purpose of the Meaning-making group intervention is to help patients living satisfactorily with cancer, by sustaining or enhancing a sense of meaning, peace or purpose in their lives. More sp
B. Searching for new meanings
C. Finding ways to overcome practical limitations.
2. Concrete goal reengagement in daily life, and by doing that: self-transcendence
3. Learning to distinguish between changing limitations that can be changed, and accepting what cannot be changed
4. Integration of cancer in one's life history
5. Expression of feelings
6. Social support by group members
7. Improvement of psychological functioning due to improved meaning making.
Control condition:
Social-support group therapy.
We assume meaning-making is mainly effective because of its specific f
2. Continued
Sponsors
VUMC, VU, LUMC
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients may be included when they are: 1. Diagnosed with cancer at least 1 year earlier less than 5 years ago; 2. Treated with curative intent (patient completed treatment program); 3. Able to attend all therapy sessions; 4. Speak Dutch.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients will be excluded when psychiatric disease is present, which may disable the patients' participation in the MCGP sessions, e.g. psychotic behavior (delusions or hallucinations), severe cognitive impairment, current psychiatric treatment.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. The Dutch Personal Meaning Profile (39 items) has 5 scales: religion, dedication to life, fairness of life, goal-orientedness, relationships(á>.80; sufficient validity); 2. The Dutch Post Traumatic Growth Scale (21 items) has 5 scales: relationships, viewing new possibilities, personal strength, spirituality, appreciation of life (á>.80; sufficient validity); 3. The Dutch Ryff's conceptual wellbeing scale (52 items) has 6 scales: autonomy, environmental mastery, personal growth, positive relationships, purpose in life, self-acceptance (á>.80; sufficient validity). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. The Dutch Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale(14 items) has two scales: depression, anxiety(á>.80; sufficient validity); 2. The Dutch Beck Hopelessness Scale(20 items) measures hopelessness(á>.80; sufficient validity); 3. The Dutch Life Orientation Test(10 items) measures optimism(á>.80; sufficient validity); 4. The Mental Adjustment to Cancer scale (40 items) measures specific responses and coping with cancer (á>.80; sufficient validity); 5. The Dutch EORTC QLW-C30(30 items) measures tumor-specific health-related quality-of-life, functioning, and physical symptoms(á>.80; sufficient validity; 6. EQ-5D; 7. TIC-P; 8. PRODISQ. | — |
Contacts
Public ContactN. Spek, van der
Van der Boechorststraat 1
Outcome results
None listed