NCT05129059

Logotherapy Counseling Programme for Palliative Care Patients With Chronic Sorrow

The Effect of Logotherapy Counseling Programme on Dignity and Chronic Sorrow in Palliative Care Patients Experiencing Chronic Sorrow

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 58 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Baskent University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of logotherapy counseling program on chronic sorrow, meaning of life and dignity of palliative care patients.

Detailed description

Palliative care patients experience psychosocial and spiritual problems such as depressed mood, fear of metastasis, uncertainty, lack of pleasure, fear of suffering, and chronic sorrow. Logotherapy is a meaning-centered intervention helping the individual to discover the meaning of life and increasing the spiritual well-being and quality of life of the individual. In this study, the effect of logotherapy counseling program on dignity, chronic sorrow and meaning of life of palliative care patients will be evaluated. In this study, the participants will be randomized in a single blind manner (participant) to either intervention (8 session-4 week logotherapy) or control (routine care) groups.

Conditions

• Palliative Care
• Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Logotherapy	Logotherapy is a method of finding meaning with three basic principles. The first principle is that life is meaningful in every situation , even in the most desperate moments. The second principle is that the main source of motivation is the desire to find meaning in life. The third is that an individual is free to choose his own attitude even in the worst conditions.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-01-19
• Primary completion: 2023-04-01
• Completion: 2023-05-31
• First posted: 2021-11-22
• Last updated: 2023-02-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)