Journal of pain and symptom management
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J Pain Symptom Manage · Feb 2017
Randomized Controlled TrialDignity Therapy and Life Review for Palliative Care Patients: A Randomised Controlled Trial.
Dignity therapy (DT) is a psychotherapeutic intervention with increasing evidence of acceptability and utility in palliative care settings. ⋯ This study provides initial evidence that the specific process of legacy creation is able to positively affect sense of generativity, meaning, and acceptance near end of life. High acceptability and satisfaction rates for both DT and LR and positive impacts on families/carers of DT participants provide additional support for clinical utility of these interventions. Further evaluation of specific mechanisms of change post-intervention is required given DT's uncertain efficacy on other primary outcomes.