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Trial reportJournal of palliative medicine2018

Suffering in Advanced Cancer: A Randomized Control Trial of a Narrative Intervention.

Meg Wise, Lucille R Marchand, Linda J Roberts, Ming-Yuan Chih

Open access · greenAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Journal of palliative medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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26citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 64 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Meg Wise1 Sonderegger Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison , Madison, Wisconsin.
Lucille R Marchand2 Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington-Seattle , Seattle, Washington.
Linda J Roberts3 Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison , Madison, Wisconsin.
Ming-Yuan Chih4 Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Kentucky , Lexington, Kentucky.
University of Kentucky · USUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison · US

Funding

Online Narrative Interventions and Family Support for Advanced Cancer PatientsR21CA129890 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI WISE, MARGARET E · 2009 to 2010
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NCI NIH HHS R21 CA129890
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAdvanced cancer can erode patients' wellbeing. Narrative interventions have improved patients' wellbeing, but might not be feasible for widespread implementation.

objectives(1) Test the effects of miLivingStory, a telephone-based life review and illness narrative intervention with online resources and social networking, on community-dwelling advanced cancer patients' wellbeing. (2) Explore intervention use and satisfaction. PATIENTS AND

settingStage III or IV cancer patients having completed initial therapy were randomized to miLivingStory or to an active control group, miOwnResources. Data and Analysis: Primary outcomes measured at baseline, two and four months included subscales for the FACIT-Sp peace and meaning and the POMS-SF depressed, anxious, and angry mood, scored on 0-4-point Likert scales. Linear mixed modeling, controlling for baseline primary outcome scores, tested for group comparisons of repeated outcome measures. Pairwise comparisons tested for within- and between-group differences. Intervention use and satisfaction data were collected automatically and by survey.

resultsEighty-six primarily white, female patients with high baseline wellbeing completed the study. There were no between-group differences at baseline or at two months. At four months, miLivingStory had a direct and positive effect for peace (2.86 vs. 2.57, p = 0.029), a trend effect for lower depressed mood (0.55 vs. 0.77, p = 0.097), and appeared to protect against the control group's declining wellbeing between two and four months. miLivingStory use was low and assessed as helpful to quite helpful.

conclusionsTelephone-based narrative interventions hold promise in improving advanced cancer patients' wellbeing. Further testing of delivery and implementation strategies is warranted.

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NarrationAdultAgedAged, 80 and overChronic DiseaseFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasmsQuality of LifeStress, PsychologicalSurveys and Questionnairescancer narrativesexistential wellbeinglife reviewnarrative interventions

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PMID29135330
PMCPMC5797325
OpenAlexW2769630267

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