Effect on Patient Quality of Life of Taking Into Account the Spiritual Dimension in Nurse's Care for Haematologic Cancers.

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Pilot study on feasibility of taking into account spiritual dimension in nurse's care of patients with haematologic cancer

Detailed Description
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Patients with acute leukaemia or lymphoma will be invited to have three interviews centered on spiritual issues on a six-eight months period. The intervention consist on 3 intervention interviews conducted at the beginning of the study and approximatively 2 and 4 months later (according to the program of medical care). Quality of life (FACT-G) and spiritual well-being (FACIT-SP12) scales will be completed at the beginning (before the first intervention interview) and at the end of the study (approximately 2 month after the third intervention interview, i.e. 6 to 8 month after the first interview). This pilot study will assess the proportion of patients who will accept to enter in the study and to complete it.

Official Title
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Effect on Patient Quality of Life of Taking Into Account the Spiritual Dimension in Nurse's Care for Haematologic Cancers : a Pilot Study

Conditions
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Acute Leukemia, Lymphoma

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: Spiritual Interview


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Patients with acute leukaemia or lymphoma, in the first month of hospitalisation after primary diagnosis or firs relapse More than 17 years old French language Having signed informed consent Exclusion Criteria: Patients requiring palliative care Important psychic vulnerability or severe psychiatric disorders

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Intervention/Treatment |
| --- |
|Behavioral: Spiritual Interview|Three patient interviews (45 to 60 minutes) will be conducted by the study nurse at the beginning of the study and approximately 2 and 4 month later, according to the program of the medical care. Each interview will be conducted according the active listening method of Carl Rogers.|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Rate of patients accepting to enter the study and to complete it on the 6 - 8 month period | Number of patients having entered the study with regards to the number of the contacted patients, and number of patients having completed the six-eight month study with regards to the patients having entered the study | 6-8 months | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Rate of entire completion of quality of life scales | Rate of entire completion of functional assessment of cancer therapy - general and The Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy Spiritual Well-Being 12 items scales whose values will be used in order to determine the sample size of a further randomised controlled trial | 6-8 months | 
| Number of contacted patients with regards to the number of eligible hospitalized patients |  | 6-8 months | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Spiritual dimension, Hematologic cancer, Acute leukemia, Lymphoma, Nurse interview, Quality of life