Intervention in Spirituality at the End of Life. The Kibo Protocol

NCT03995095 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: H1447334931417
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 60
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This work aims to study the benefits that the therapeutic interview Kibo in palliative care patients can have for spirituality. A parallel randomized controlled trial of two groups was performed. Information was collected on 60 palliative care patients during the moments before and after the intervention.

Conditions

Palliative Care

Keywords

Spirituality; Intervention Study

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change in the dimension of spirituality (PRE and POST measures)

  This variable was assessed with the Spirituality questionnaire from the Spanish Society of Palliative Care (SECPAL). This questionnaire contains 8 items, and it provides scores from 0 to 32, where higher values represent a better outcome. In order to observe the change in the dimension of spirituality, it was measured at in two time points: First measurement: PRE. Once the participant had signed the informed consent, the initial score for this outcome was assessed. Second measurement: POST. Up to 4 weeks after the first measurement, the second measurement of the same variable was carried out. Between first and second measurement, the control group received the usual psychological attention, whereas the intervention group received usual psychological attention plus attention of spiritual needs following the Kibo protocol (intervention).

  Baseline up to 4 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Change in resilience (PRE and POST measures)

  Baseline up to 4 weeks

• Change in demoralization (PRE and POST measures)

  Baseline up to 4 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Control group

NO INTERVENTION

Group of participants that received usual psychological attention.

Experimental group

EXPERIMENTAL

Group of participants that received usual psychological attention plus attention of spiritual needs following the Kibo protocol (intervention).

Other: Therapeutic interview: kibo protocol

Interventions

Therapeutic interview: kibo protocol OTHER

The kibo protocol is a therapeutic interview designed to address the spiritual needs of patients at the end of life.

Experimental group

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• To be 18 or more years of age.
• Being in advanced or terminal disease phase (following World Health Organization criteria).
• To have preserved cognitive capacity.
• To have signed the informed consent.

You may not qualify if:

• a) Estimated time of survival: Patients with a life expectancy of two weeks or less will not be intervened.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Valencia: lead
• Sociedad Española de Cuidados Paliativos SECPAL: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Universitat de València

Valencia, 46010, Spain

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Soto-Rubio A, Perez-Marin M, Rudilla D, Galiana L, Oliver A, Fombuena M, Barreto P. Responding to the Spiritual Needs of Palliative Care Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial to Test the Effectiveness of the Kibo Therapeutic Interview. Front Psychol. 2020 Aug 21;11:1979. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01979. eCollection 2020.

  PMID: 32973614 DERIVED

Study Officials

• Pilar Barreto Martin, PhD

  Universitat de València

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Profesora Titular

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 5, 2019
• First Posted: June 21, 2019
• Study Start: March 1, 2016
• Primary Completion: December 31, 2018
• Study Completion: March 31, 2019
• Last Updated: June 27, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-06

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

ES (1)