ArticleJournal of hospice and palliative nursing : JHPN : the official journal of the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association2018
Outcomes of a Dignity Therapy/Life Plan Intervention for Patients With Advanced Cancer Undergoing Chemotherapy.
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- Psychosocial interventions and health-related quality of life in adults with incurable cancer: systematic review.BMJ supportive & palliative care · 2025Pooled it
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- Feasibility, acceptability and potential efficacy of the pediatric family-based dignity therapy for children with advanced cancer: A pilot study.Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing · 2025Article
- Interventions to support spirituality among adults with cancer: a scoping review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Article
- Use of dignity therapy in palliative care: a comprehensive scoping review.BMC palliative care · 2025Article
- Dignity Therapy Training for the Healthcare Professionals: Lessons Learned From an Italian Experience.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Feasibility and Acceptability of Digital Legacy-Making: An Innovative Story-Telling Intervention for Adults With Cancer.The American journal of hospice & palliative care · 2021Article
- Psychosocial-spiritual interventions among Muslims undergoing treatment for cancer: an integrative review.BMC palliative care · 2021Review
- Long-Term Follow-Up of Legacy Services Offered by Children's Hospitals in the United States.Palliative medicine reports · 2021Article
- Improved Parent-Child Communication following a RCT Evaluating a Legacy Intervention for Children with Advanced Cancer.Progress in palliative care · 2021Article
- Transforming a Face-to-Face Legacy Intervention to a Web-Based Legacy Intervention for Children With Advanced Cancer.Journal of hospice and palliative nursing : JHPN : the official journal of the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association · 2020Article
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Abstract
Dignity therapy is a psychosocial intervention provided at the end of life to improve patient outcomes, but many persons cannot complete it because of health decline. Patients also reprioritize their life plans as death becomes imminent. As part of meeting standards to provide psychosocial palliative care simultaneously with cancer treatment, we provided a dignity therapy/life plan intervention to 18 patients with advanced pancreatic or lung cancer receiving cancer treatment. The study aim was to evaluate patient-reported outcomes of dignity therapy/life plan. Dignity therapy entailed interviews during 3 outpatient oncology encounters, which then became a legacy document for family. Participants documented life goals as their life plan. Distress, quality of life, spirituality, dignity, and purpose in life were measured at baseline, immediately after intervention, and 3 months later. No variables were significantly different from baseline to postintervention and 3 months later, except for less distress between baseline and 3 months (P = .04). Although this intervention did not show improvements in outcomes, patients with advanced disease receiving active treatment typically experience worsening symptoms overall. Maintaining psychosocial outcomes may be preventing further morbidity in an advanced cancer population during treatment and bears further exploration. Given our small sample size, further research is warranted.
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