CompletedNot Applicable

Promoting Dignity, Meaningfulness and Mental Well-Being

Switzerland10 participantsStarted 2020-03-05

Plain-language summary

Feasibility study to test the feasibility and acceptability of a designed personalized modular Intervention consisting of three modules, including Cancer and Living Meaningfully (CALM) Therapy, Dignity Therapy (DT), and a mindfulness-based Intervention

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Informed Consent as documented by signature * Patients in palliative situation (i.e. patients suffering from an advanced, incurable, life-limiting disease with multimodal support needs) * Estimated life expectancy ≤ 18 months * Patients seen by the palliative consultation-liaison service at the University Hospital Basel as an in- or outpatient * Willingness and capacity to commit at least three contacts over about 7-10 days Exclusion Criteria: * Being delirious or otherwise substantially cognitively impaired (based on clinical consensus) * Being too ill to complete the requirements of the study protocol * Unable to understand and speak German

What they're measuring

Change in acceptability of the personalized modular Intervention (motivation, satisfaction with Intervention, further recommendation)

Timeframe: baseline until 1-month follow- up

Rate of eligibility

Timeframe: at baseline (T0)

Rate of consent

Timeframe: at baseline (T0)

Final recruitment rate

Timeframe: at baseline (T0)

Change in Patient adherence

Timeframe: baseline until 1-month follow- up

Change in Questionnaire completion rates

Timeframe: baseline until 1-month follow- up

Trial details

NCT IDNCT03744442

SponsorUniversity Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2023-09-30

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