Spots Global Cancer Trial Database for Existential Issues in Elderly People With Cancer
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Trial Identification
Brief Title: Existential Issues in Elderly People With Cancer
Official Title: Existential Issues in Elderly People With Cancer in an Early Palliative Phase- a Phenomenological Hermeneutic Approach
Study ID: NCT01309815
Conditions
Interventions
Study Description
Brief Summary: The purpose is to describe, interpret and provide a detailed understanding of what it means to be elderly people with cancer who receive treatment in specialized health care. Focus is especially put on the content and expression of existential issues and the importance of spirituality for the patient´s life story and medical story.
Detailed Description: Existential and spiritual issues in elderly people with cancer are scarcely investigated with respect to the content and importance of these aspects to this patient group in terms of living with their disease and benefit from specialist health treatment and care. The present study is an independent doctoral study that also has an initial function for an intended multidisciplinary research project with the working title "Aged people with cancer".
Eligibility
Minimum Age: 70 Years
Eligible Ages: OLDER_ADULT
Sex: ALL
Healthy Volunteers: No
Locations
Innlandet Hospital Trust, Brumunddal, , Norway
Contact Details
Name: Lars J Danbolt, Professor
Affiliation: Innlandet Hospital Trust, Centre for Psychology of Religion
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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