Existential Distress in Patients with Advanced Cancer and Their Caregivers

"In this longitudinal cohort study, patients and caregivers will not receive an intervention. In addition to the outcomes named in the section Outcome Measures patients and caregivers will complete self-report questionnaires for~Existential distress (Demoralization Scale-II, Death and Dying Distress Scale, Depressive Experiences Questionnaire, Revised Loss Orientation and Life Engagement in Advanced Cancer Scale, Sense of Dignity Item, Patient Dignity Inventory, Marwit-Meuser Caregiver Grief Inventory, Caregiver Guilt Questionnaire)~Need for and utilization of psychosocial support~Resources (Sources of Meaning and Meaning in Life Questionnaire, Questionnaire on the Defiant Power of the Human Spirit) and~Control variables (Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale, PHQ-9 and GAD-7)"