Rahele Fallah; Seyed Abolghasem Mehrinezhad; Mehrangiz Peyvastehgar; Mohammad Reza Sharbafchi
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Objective: This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of individual-online dignity therapy in reducing psychological distress in women with metastatic cancers. Method: It was a quasi-experimental study with a pre-test, post-test, follow-up design, and a control group, in block design. The statistical ...
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Objective: This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of individual-online dignity therapy in reducing psychological distress in women with metastatic cancers. Method: It was a quasi-experimental study with a pre-test, post-test, follow-up design, and a control group, in block design. The statistical population was women with metastatic cancers referred to the Iranian Cancer Control Institute (MACSA) in Tehran during the summer and autumn of 2020. Thirty women were selected by a convenience sampling method and then randomly assigned to two groups of 15 in experimental and control. It also blocked participants at three levels based on the palliative performance scale. Each participant's psychological distress was assessed using the depression-anxiety-stress scale. The experimental group participated in three individual online dignity therapy sessions, each 40-60 minutes. Data were analyzed by repeated-measures analysis of variance in SPSS-23. Findings: There was a significant decrease in the experimental groups’ psychological distress scores in the post-test and in follow-up (P≤0.01). Also, it was found that dignity therapy is more useful in lower levels of the palliative performance scale. Conclusion: Given the findings, it is recommended that psycho-oncologists and palliative care practitioners use online dignity therapy to reduce the psychological distress of women with metastatic cancer.
delaram salehi; fariba zarani; ladan fata; mohamadreza sharbafchi
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Objective: In the process of caring, caregivers of cancer patients face difficult experiences and multiple stressors which directly affect their attitudes and psychological health. Purpose- The current study aimed to compare the meaning of life and attitude towards death between caregivers of cancer ...
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Objective: In the process of caring, caregivers of cancer patients face difficult experiences and multiple stressors which directly affect their attitudes and psychological health. Purpose- The current study aimed to compare the meaning of life and attitude towards death between caregivers of cancer patients and general people. Method: It is a causal-comparative research study. Through visiting the Firoozgar Hospital and Roshana Cancer Center, a total of 52 individuals who had and cared for one first-degree relative affected with cancer for the past year were selected as the convenience sample. However, another group with no experience of caring cancer patient was selected as the convenience sample and matched with the first group. Both were asked to complete the Meaningful in Life Questionnaires (MLQ; Steger, Frazier, Oishi & Kaler, 2006) and the Death Attitude Profile (DAP) - Revised (Wang, Racker & Gasser, 1994). Data was analyzed using multivariate analysis of variance. Findings: Data analysis showed that those experiencing care, anxiety, and avoidance of death reported higher scores in death attitudes death compared to general people, although there were no significant differences in meaning in life. Conclusion: Cancer patient caregivers face uncertain future and worsening conditions for patients; which develop anxiety, and avoidance of death.
