579
Participants
Start Date
July 26, 2017
Primary Completion Date
August 31, 2022
Study Completion Date
August 31, 2022
Dignity Therapy - Nurse Led
The nurse-led intervention involves three sessions, each of which follows a set process. The standardize approach to the delivery of the intervention facilitates a personal process of reflection and recognition that allows the patient to make meaning of their experience.
Usual care
Palliative care nurses usually see patients each clinic visit to assess vital signs, function, symptoms, and to provide patient and family education. They document findings and interventions in the electronic health record (EHR). Whereas usual care for palliative care chaplaincy in the outpatient setting varies by site, chaplaincy care for usual care patients in this study will follow the usual practice for inpatient palliative care chaplaincy, which is to visit all new referrals to the clinic and assess their spiritual and religious needs. This assessment is then memorialized in a spiritual treatment plan documented in the EHR.
Dignity Therapy - Chaplain Led
The chaplain-led DT intervention involves three sessions, each of which follows a set process. The standardize approach to the delivery of the intervention facilitates a personal process of reflection and recognition that allows the patient to make meaning of their experience.
University of Florida, Gainesville
Collaborators (1)
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
NIH
Northwestern University
OTHER
Rush University
OTHER
Emory University
OTHER
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
OTHER
University of California, San Francisco
OTHER
Healthcare Chaplaincy
OTHER
University of Florida
OTHER