Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy for Cancer Caregivers: A pilot trial among caregivers of patients with glioblastoma multiforme.

ABSTRACT: Caregivers of patients with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) are at significant risk for existential distress. Such distress negatively impacts caregivers' quality of life and capacity to serve in their role as healthcare proxies, and ultimately, contributes to poor bereavement outcomes. Our team developed Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy for Cancer Caregivers (MCP-C), the first targeted psychosocial intervention that directly addresses existential distress in caregivers. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effects of MCP-C among caregivers of patients with GBM via a mixed-method pilot trial. Caregivers were randomized to seven sessions of MCP-C or Enhanced Usual Care (EUC), which included distress screening and the provision of targeted ref

SUBMITTER: Applebaum AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9385123 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature