SPIRIHEMATO: The Point of View of Hematological Cancer Patients and Their Loved Ones Regarding Spirituality
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
The management of patients with malignant hemopathy is based on comprehensive management. In this context and faced with the various difficulties encountered by cancer patients, the question of spirituality and its experience is central. Spirituality refers to the person's attachment to what inspires and gives him foundation, as well as the beliefs, values, and existential experiences associated with it, whether these are religious in nature or not. Although the concept has been identified as a resource in the literature and widely treated in an end-of-life context, assessing the needs of patients with hematological cancer and their loved ones in terms of spirituality from the initiation of treatment does not has not been developed
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Study Design
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- FACIT-Sp questionnaire [15 minutes]
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
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Aged ≥ 18 years with a recent diagnosis of hematological cancer (lymphoma or leukemia) and in treatment;
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Patients who speak and read French;
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Patients in general condition (physical and mental) judged emotionally and physically fit by the referring nurse to answer the questionnaires;
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Patients benefiting from a social security scheme,
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Patients who signed the non-objection form after being informed of the study,
family person:
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Have been designated by the patient as being the loved one they wish to include with them;
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Aged ≥ 18 years;
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Fluent in and reading French;
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Having signed the non-objection form after being informed of the study.
Exclusion Criteria:
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Patients in recurrence / progress or in remission of cancer;
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Patients in the terminal phase of the disease.
Family person:
person in the curative phase of cancer
Contacts and Locations
Locations
No locations specified.Sponsors and Collaborators
- University Hospital, Limoges
Investigators
None specified.Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Publications
None provided.- 87RI19_0050