Clinical trial · Interventional
The Effect of Dignity Therapy Applied to Cancer Patients
The Effect of Dignity Therapy Applied to End-stage Cancer Patients on Perceived Dignity and Self-esteem: a Randomized Controlled Trial
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
The aim of this study is to determine the effect of dignity therapy on the quality of life and depression levels of cancer patients. Methods: The research was planned as a randomized controlled experimental study. Type of Research: Research, experimental, control group and pretest-posttest study will be carried out. Population of the Study: The population of the study was sent to Meram Medical Faculty Hospital Oncology Clinic consists of male and female inpatients. Sample of the Research: Those who agreed to participate in the research and met the inclusion criteria. Patients who meet will be included in the study. It was 48. It was planned to be. Randomization: In this study, parallel group block randomization method was applied to the intervention and control groups. will be allocated randomly. Block randomization was used because the sample size was small. Patients will be selected equally using permutation method, and randomization will be selected using blocking technique. will be done. During randomization, CONSORT 2017 will be used. For randomization; To control for performance bias, patients will be blinded to the study hypothesis and will not be informed which group they are in. There will be no blinding for the researcher. However, blind technique will be used in the research. This blind technique will be applied by the researcher with the patients blinded until the application begins.. Data Collection Techniques and Tools: "Personal Information Form", "Patient Dignity Inventory" and "Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale" were used in data collection (RSES)" will be used.
Conditions
Conditions (2)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer | Malignant Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
| Dignity | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dignity therapy | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Routine Care | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- experimental group
- description
- Patients in this group will be treated with dignity therapy by the researcher.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Dignity therapy
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- control group
- description
- Patients in this group will receive standard care and no treatment will be performed by the researcher.
- interventionNames
- Other: Routine Care
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Patient Dignity Inventory
- timeFrame
- Baseline (Day 0) and Day 10
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
- Maximum age
- 65 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Inclusion Criteria for Participants in the Study: * Able to speak and understand Turkish, * Those over 18 years of age * No communication barriers * Cancer diagnosis is in the 4th stage and in the last stage * Patients with a predicted survival time of less than 6 months (physician opinion) will be included Exclusion Criteria: * Criteria for Exclusion of Participants in the Study: * Those diagnosed with dementia, delirium or other organic brain disorders; * Those with impaired consciousness; * Patients with mental problems that prevent them from receiving esteem therapy will be excluded
References
Publications (1)
- RESULTChochinov HM. Dignity-conserving care--a new model for palliative care: helping the patient feel valued. JAMA. 2002 May 1;287(17):2253-60. doi: 10.1001/jama.287.17.2253. PMID 11980525