Multicenter Before-After Study of Dignity Therapy for Japanese Cancer Patients

UMIN ID: UMIN000001140

Registered date:30/04/2008

Basic Information

• Recruitment status: Complete: follow-up complete
• Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied: Advanced and/or terminally ill cancer
• Date of first enrollment: 2007/09/01
• Target sample size: 40
• Countries of recruitment: Japan
• Study type: Interventional
• Intervention(s): Dignity therapy

Outcome(s)

• Primary Outcome: Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Spiritual Well-Being; The 12-item Spiritual Well-Being Scale(FACIT-Sp-12); meaning/peace
• Secondary Outcome: 1. Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Spiritual Well-Being; The 12-item Spiritual Well-Being Scale(FACIT-Sp-12); faith 2. Structured Interview Assessment of Symptom and Concerns(SISC) 3. Revised M.D. Anderson Symptom Inventory (Revised MDASI) 4. Quality of Dying Inventory (QDI) 5. Dignity Therapy Feedback Questionnaire(DTFQ)

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

• Age minimum: 20years-old
• Age maximum: Not applicable
• Gender: Male and Female
• Exclude criteria: 1. The patients whose primary physician assessed that he /she is unable to complete the study due to the severity of physical and mental condition 2. Impossible to make linguistic communication 3. Metastases to brain with the symptoms 4. A case in which a primary physician assessed that the patient is not appropriate for the participant of the study

Related Information

• Primary Sponsor: Nagoya City University
• Secondary Sponsor: None
• Source(s) of Monetary Support: Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare,None