Family-oriented dignity therapy for patients with lung cancer undergoing chemotherapy: How does it work better?

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to examine the fidelity of intervention delivery and identify precursory factors contributing to the successful delivery and beneficial effects of family-oriented dignity therapy.

Methods

This was a process evaluation with quantitative and qualitative methods alongside a randomized controlled trial from March to May 2019. Nonparametric statistics were used to analyze how participants' demographics (n ​= ​45 dyads) and process variables influenced the intervention effects. Fourteen patients, 11 family caregivers, and 11 nurses were interviewed to explore their perception of the intervention. Conventional content analysis was adopted to analyze the qualitative data.

Results

The fidelity was achieved with minor deviations from the protoc

SUBMITTER: Xiao J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9791319 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature