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Dignity Therapy for Terminally Ill Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Italy55 participantsStarted 2018-02-28

Plain-language summary

We conducted a randomized, controlled trial of dignity therapy for terminally ill patients with the aim of reducing dignity-related distress and demoralization and improving spiritual well-being.

Who can participate

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Inclusion Criteria: * age over 18, * diagnosis of life-threatening disease with a prognosis of six months or less, * no evidence of dementia (as determined by retrospective assessments), * the ability to read and speak Italian and provide written informed consent, * the availability for six to seven research encounters over the period of three weeks Exclusion Criteria: * psychotic illness, * dementia and severe neurological impairment

What they're measuring

Change from Pre-test to Post-test and Follow-up in Spiritual Well-Being, which will be reported in the outcome measure results data table as means and standard deviations.

Timeframe: Pre-test (before the intervention), Post-test (7-10 days after the baseline assessment), Follow-up (15-20 days after the baseline assessment).

Trial details

NCT IDNCT04256239

SponsorEuropean University of Rome

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2022-12-31

Contact for this trial

Luigi Lombardo, MD

+396588991 luigi.lombardo@virgilio.it

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