Dignity therapy in Mexican lung cancer patients with emotional distress: Impact on psychological symptoms and quality of life

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dc.contributor.affiliationUnidad para la Investigación y Desarrollo de la Psicooncología, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, Mexico, Mexico
dc.contributor.emailana.marcela.gzz@gmail.com (Ana Gonzalez-Ling)
dc.creatorGonzalez-Ling, Anaes_ES
dc.creatorGalindo Vázquez, Oscares_ES
dc.creatorRascón-Gasca, María Luisaes_ES
dc.creatorRobles, Rebecaes_ES
dc.creatorChochinov, Harvey Maxes_ES
dc.date2022
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-21T15:55:21Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-03-27T15:29:53Z
dc.date.available2024-03-21T15:55:21Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.date.published2022
dc.descriptionLung cancer (LC) is the most frequent and deadly neoplasm in the world, and patients have shown a tendency to have more emotional distress than other cancer populations. Dignity Therapy (DT) is a brief intervention aimed to improve emotional well-being in patients facing life-threatening illness. Objective: To analyze the effect of DT on anxiety, depression, hopelessness, emotional distress, dignity-related distress, and quality of life (QoL) in a group of Mexican patients with stage IV LC undergoing active medical treatment with baseline emotional distress. Method: In this preliminary pretest-posttest study, patients received three sessions of DT and were evaluated with the HADS, Distress Thermometer, Patient Dignity Inventory, single-item questions, and QLQ-30. Results: In total, 24 out of 29 patients completed the intervention. Statistically significant improvements were found in anxiety, depression, emotional distress, hopelessness, and dignity-related distress with large effect sizes. Patients reported that DT helped them, increased their meaning and purpose in life, their sense of dignity, and their will to live, while it decreased their suffering. No changes were found in QoL. Significance of results: DT was well accepted and effective in improving the emotional symptoms of LC patients with distress that were undergoing medical treatment. Although more research is warranted to confirm these results, this suggests that DT can be used in the context of Latin-American patients.es_ES
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dc.identifierJC54DIEP21es_ES
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/S1478951521000468
dc.identifier.eissn1478-9523
dc.identifier.issn1478-9515
dc.identifier.organizacionInstituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz
dc.identifier.placeInglaterra
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1017/S1478951521000468
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.inprf.gob.mx/handle/123456789/7926
dc.language.isoenges_ES
dc.publisherCambridge University Presses_ES
dc.relation20(1):62-68
dc.relation.jnabreviadoPALLIAT SUPPORT CARE
dc.relation.journalPalliative & Supportive Care
dc.rightsAcceso Cerradoes_ES
dc.subject.kwAnxiety
dc.subject.kwDepression
dc.subject.kwDistress
dc.subject.kwLung cancer
dc.subject.kwPsycho-oncology
dc.titleDignity therapy in Mexican lung cancer patients with emotional distress: Impact on psychological symptoms and quality of lifees_ES
dc.typeArtículoes_ES

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