ArticlePalliative & supportive care2025
Effect of dignity therapy on meaning in life scores of cancer patients in palliative care.
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objectivesDignity Therapy (DT) helps reframe and give meaning to the illness process of the terminally ill individual. This study aims to evaluate the effect of DT on meaning in life scores and, additionally, to assess how much DT can alleviate physical and emotional symptoms in cancer patients undergoing palliative care.
methodsThis was a before-and-after clinical trial, involving the recruitment of 30 patients hospitalized in a palliative care unit, who filled out the Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale (ESAS) and the Meaning in Life Scale (MiLS) both before and after the implementation of DT.
resultsOf the 40 patients invited to participate in the study, DT was completed by 30 (75%) participants: 22 (73%) women and 8 (27%) men. Eighteen (60%) patients died during hospitalization, while 12 (40%) were discharged. When analyzing the factors correlated with the MiLS scores, a positive association was identified between the emotional and physical domains of the ESAS, and a negative association with the total ESAS score, spiritual ESAS score, male gender, higher educational level, and a cancer diagnosis duration (>6 years). SIGNIFICANCE OF
resultsDT contributed to clinically relevant improvement, albeit not statistically significant, observed in emotional and spiritual well-being, as well as in the meaning of life. This underscores the importance of considering DT for palliative care patients nearing death.
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