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Spiritual well-being, dignity-related distress and demoralisation at the end of life-effects of dignity therapy : a randomised controlled trial

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DE VINCENZO, Francesco | LOMBARDO, Luigi | IANI, Luca | MARUELLI, Alice | DURANTE, Sieva | RAGGHIANTI, Matilde | PARK, Crystal L. | INNAMORATI, Marco | QUINTO, Rossella Mattea

Objectives: This single-centre prospective randomised controlled study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of dignity therapy on spiritual well-being, demoralisation and dignity-related distress compared with standard palliative care. Methods: A total of 111 terminally ill hospice patients were randomly allocated to one of two groups: dignity therapy plus standard palliative care (intervention group) or standard palliative care alone (control group). The main outcomes were meaning, peace, faith, loss of meaning and purpose, distress and coping ability, existential distress, psychological distress and physical distress. Assessments were conducted at baseline, 7-10 and 15-20 days. Results: Following randomisation, 11 dropped out before baseline assessment and 33 after post-treatment assessment. A total of 67 patients completed the study, 35 in the experimental group and 32 in the control group. Repeated measures general linear model showed significant differences between groups on peace and psychological distress over time, but not on existential distress, physical distress, meaning and purpose, distress and coping ability, meaning and faith. Specifically, patients in the dignity therapy intervention maintained similar levels of peace from baseline to follow-up, whereas patients in the control group significantly declined in peace during the same time period. Moreover, psychological distress significantly decreased from pretreatment to post-treatment in the intervention group and increased in the control group. Conclusions: Dignity therapy may be an effective intervention in maintaining sense of peace for terminally ill patients. The findings of our study are of relevance in palliative care and suggest the potential clinical utility of this psychological intervention.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/spcare-2022-003696

Voir la revue «BMJ supportive & palliative care, 13»

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