Efficacy of dignity therapy on depression and anxiety in portuguese terminally ill patients: A phase II randomized controlled trial

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 688-695

  Julião, Miguel ^a,b,c   Oliveira, Fátima ^d   Nunes, Baltazar ^e   Vaz Carneiro, António ^a   Barbosa, António ^a,f  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

^b Departmentof Palliative Medicine Casa de Saúde da Idanha   (Portugal)

^c CHAMPALIMAUD CENTRE FOR THE UNKNOWN   (Portugal)

^d Palliative Medicine and Home Based Hospitalization Unit Centro Clínico Champalimaud Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown ^*  (Portugal)

^e Instituto Nacional de Sade Dr Ricardo Jorge   (Portugal)

^f HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIGNITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PORTUGAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURVIVAL TIME; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HOSPITAL PATIENT; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; PERSONHOOD; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERMINAL CARE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PERSONHOOD; PORTUGAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRIEF; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 84901930900     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2013.0567     Document Type: Article

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