Spirituality, Experience of Disease and Quality of Life in Cancer Patients

NCT03245983 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2016-32
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 162
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The general aim of research is to identify and analyze the impact and role of spirituality (as a search for meaning and understanding of the meaning of existence) in the experience of cancer. For this purpose, the main objective of this study is to measure the "existential" component in the trajectory of the disease. It is a question of observing its potential contribution to the improvement of the quality of life of the patients and to define if this variable can be translated into a strategy of adjustment for the patients. This research has a double interest: (a) clinical interest in better managing patients' needs; (B) an interest in research in the field of health by combining a measure of spirituality with other psycho-social variables. The project is a prospective non-randomized mono-centric study by questionnaire and research interview. It is a study that seeks to identify the role of spirituality in the experience of illness (i.e. representations, adjustments, emotional distress) and as a determinant of the quality of life of subjects with cancer pathology. The interviews will be conducted by a psychologist to qualitatively collect the elements of the lived experience of the disease in connection with the spiritual elements of the "quest for meaning" type. The population covered by the project is in and out patients coming to the Department of Medical Oncology and Palliative Care at the CHU de la Timone. The realization of this project will allow investigators to explore the specificity of the existential / spiritual dimensions of patients confronted with cancer, to assess the patients' needs for this type of approach within the hospital, to link the existential component / Spiritual with psycho-social variables

Conditions

Psychology and Cancer

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Descriptive analysis of quality of life in patient cancer

  Questionnaires(QLQC30) for patients with cancer.

  36 months

• Descriptive analysis of spirituality role in cancer patient

  Spirituality Index of Well-Being questionnaire

  36 month

Study Arms (1)

Patient willing to participate

EXPERIMENTAL

Behavioral: Questionnaire and interview

Interventions

Questionnaire and interview BEHAVIORAL

Cancer patients will answer questionnaires and will be interviewed by a pshychologist to assess their spirituality and quality of life toward their disease

Patient willing to participate

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 85 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• patient undergoing chemotherapy

You may not qualify if:

• patient presenting psychiatric or neurological disorders

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Marseille: lead

Study Sites (1)

Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Marseille

Marseille, 13354, France

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Neoplasms

Interventions

Surveys and Questionnaires; Interviews as Topic

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Data Collection; Epidemiologic Methods; Investigative Techniques; Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms; Quality of Health Care; Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation; Public Health; Environment and Public Health

Study Officials

• Urielle DESALBRES

  Assistance Publique -Hôpitaux de Marseille

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 8, 2017
• First Posted: August 10, 2017
• Study Start: February 6, 2017
• Primary Completion: February 19, 2020
• Study Completion: February 19, 2020
• Last Updated: August 9, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-08

Locations

FR (1)