Hospice Care
Conditions
Interventions
Patients will be recruited from the inpatient sector of the Palliative Care Unit. By filling out the eligibility criteria, they will be invited to participate in the study, being guided about the stud
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Sponsors
Hospital de Câncer de Barretos
Hospital de Câncer de Barretos
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients over 18 years of age, Both sexes, Aware of the diagnosis of cancer in an incurable condition;,Karnofsky performance scale equal to or greater than 40%, Who wish to talk about their end-of-life wishes, Who are cognitively able to understand the Go wish cards proposal and its subsequent approaches (a brief assessment will be made by the researcher with questions such as time, space, full name, age)
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients with dementia syndromes or patients with a psychiatric diagnosis that prevent adequate reflection and conduct of research demands, such as Depression, Schizophrenia, Bipolar Affective Disorder and Panic Syndrome; Delirium patients; Patients with limitations to effective communication with the researcher, such as aphasia, dysarthria and dysfunctional phonation due to the disease or therapy; Patients with impaired hearing that prevent them from adequately understanding the questions asked by the researcher
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Reduction in anxiety levels identified by the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) based on the finding of a decrease in the score obtained through the HADS instrument when comparing the pre-intervention and post-intervention responses. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Improvement in the scores of inner peace and spiritual pain assessed by the Edmonton Symptoms Scale (ESAS) from the finding of a decrease in the score obtained through the ESAS instrument when comparing the pre-intervention and post-intervention responses.;Improvement in the meaning of life scores in the values, purpose, objectives and reflection domains assessed by the Meaning in Life scale from the finding of a decrease in the score obtained through the instrument when compared to the pre-intervention responses and post-intervention.;Improvement in spiritual well-being scores by the Spiritual Well-Being in Chronic Diseases Scale (FACIT-Sp 12) from the finding of a decrease in the score obtained using the FACIT SP-12 instrument when compared to pre-intervention and post-intervention. | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactBianca Paiva
Outcome results
None listed