Trial reportPsycho-oncology2014
Spiritual quality of life in advanced cancer patients receiving radiation therapy.
Trial report in Psycho-oncology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- A systematic review and meta-analysis of effects of psychosocial interventions on spiritual well-being in adults with cancer.Psycho-oncology · 2021Pooled it
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- Respecting the spiritual side of advanced cancer care: a systematic review.Current oncology reports · 2015Pooled it
- Examining the effect of peer helping in a coping skills intervention: a randomized controlled trial for advanced gastrointestinal cancer patients and their family caregivers.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2018Trial
- Evidence summary of meaning in life intervention for cancer patients.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Review
- Resilience and spiritual well-being as resources for coping with radiotherapy and surviving in patients with glioblastoma.Palliative & supportive care · 2024Observational
- Healthcare Chaplaincy for Geriatric Patients: A Quasi-Experimental Study into the Outcomes of Catholic Chaplaincy Interventions in Belgium.Journal of religion and health · 2024Article
- Positive Psychology Approaches to Interventions for Cancer Dyads: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- The assessment of spiritual well-being in cancer patients with advanced disease: which are its meaningful dimensions?BMC palliative care · 2020Article
- Spirituality and Emotional Distress Among Lung Cancer Survivors.Clinical lung cancer · 2019Article
- Perceived levels of collaboration between cancer patients and their providers during radiation therapy.Canadian oncology nursing journal = Revue canadienne de nursing oncologique · 2019Article
- Degrés de collaboration perçus entre les patients atteints de cancer et leurs prestataires de soins pendant la radiothérapie.Canadian oncology nursing journal = Revue canadienne de nursing oncologique · 2019Article
- Evaluation of How Integrative Oncology Services Are Valued between Hematology/Oncology Patients and Hematologists/Oncologists at a Tertiary Care Center.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2018Article
- Understanding the impact of pulmonary arterial hypertension on patients' and carers' lives.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2013Review
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Abstract
objectiveThe aim of this randomized controlled trial for patients with advanced cancer receiving radiation therapy was to determine the effect of a multidisciplinary intervention on spiritual quality of life (QOL) at the end of the intervention (week 4) and at two follow-up time points (weeks 26 and 52).
methodsOne hundred thirty-one persons were randomized to either the intervention or control (forms only) groups. The intervention included six 90-min in-person sessions based on the physical, emotion, social, and spiritual domains of QOL. Three sessions included the spiritual component. Caregivers were present for four sessions, one which included a spiritual component. Ten follow-up phone calls were made to the patients in the intervention group during the 6-month follow-up period. Patients completed the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy: General Scale, the Linear Analog Self-Assessment which includes an assessment of spiritual QOL, and the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Spiritual Well-Being (FACIT-Sp) at enrollment, and weeks 4, 27, and 52.
resultsFollowing the intervention, the intervention group demonstrated improved spiritual QOL on the FACIT-Sp, whereas the spiritual QOL of the control group decreased, resulting in significant mean changes between groups (total score: 1.7 vs. -2.9; p < 0.01; meaning/peace subscale: 1.0 vs. -3.5; p < 0.01; faith subscale: 3.1 vs. -1.7; p = 0.04).
conclusionsThe results indicate that a multidisciplinary intervention which includes a spiritual component can maintain the spiritual QOL of patients with advanced cancer during radiation therapy.
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