Trial reportSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2024
Effect of logotherapy counseling program on chronic sorrow, dignity, and meaning in life of palliative care patients: a randomized controlled trial.
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The Effect of Logotherapy Counseling Programme on Dignity and Chronic Sorrow in Palliative Care Patients Experiencing Chronic Sorrow
The Effect Of Logotherapy-Based Psychoeducatıon Applıed To Famıly Members Of Indıvıduals Dıagnosıs Of Schızophrenıa On Meanıng In Lıfe, Hope And Depressıon And Theır Psychoeducatıon Experıences
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Effectiveness of grief interventions in underrepresented regions: a systematic review and exploratory meta-analysis.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2026Pooled it
- Mindfulness enhancement through logotherapy in patients with mastectomized breast cancer: a randomized controlled clinical trial.Scientific reports · 2026Trial
- The burden and needs of primary caregivers in home-based palliative care: a qualitative study based on social-ecological systems theory.BMC palliative care · 2026Article
- Exploring the principles of logotherapy in genetic counseling: Enhancing decision-making, adaptation, and justice.Journal of genetic counseling · 2026Article
- Flourishing in individuals undergoing maintenance hemodialysis in Shanghai: a Latent Profile Analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
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Abstract
purposePalliative care patients experience chronic sorrow with loss in dignity and meaning in life. Logotherapy is an effective way to cope with loss. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of logotherapy on chronic sorrow, dignity, and meaning in life of palliative care patients.
methodsThis study was conducted with 58 adults hospitalized due to advanced cancer and assigned to either intervention or control group by simple randomization. Data were collected with descriptive information form, Palliative Performance Scale, Patient Dignity Inventory (PDI), Prolonged Grief Disorder Scale-Patient Form (PGDS-PF), and Meaning in Life Questionnaire (MIL) on admission, at the 4th and 8th weeks. The intervention group received eight sessions of logotherapy. The control group received routine care.
resultsThe mean scores of PGDS-PF (p = 0.01), PDI (p = 0.01), and searched meaning subdimension of MIL (MIL-SM) (p = 0.11) decreased in the intervention group compared to controls, both at the 4th and 8th week evaluation. The mean score of the present meaning subdimension of MIL (MIL-PM) (p = 0.02) increased at the 4th week evaluation but decreased at a non-statistically significant level at the 8th week. The mean scores of PGDS-PF and PDI increased in the control group while MIL-PM and MIL-SM decreased, both at the 4th and 8th week evaluation.
conclusionsLogotherapy was found effective in decreasing the sorrow and dignity-related distress of palliative care patients, while increasing finding meaning in life. Logotherapy is recommended to be used by palliative care professionals to empower patients.
trial registrationClinicaltrials registration number and date: NCT05129059, 19/01/2021.
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