The effect of logotherapy-based, nurse-guided meaning attribution conversations on women diagnosed with gynecologic cancer: A Turkish pilot study.

TREATMENT of post-traumatic stress disorder; OCCUPATIONAL roles; WELL-being; CANCER patient psychology; PILOT projects; SPIRITUALITY; CANCER chemotherapy; INTERVIEWING; MANN Whitney U Test; FISHER exact test; NURSE-patient relationships; TREATMENT effectiveness; LIFE; RANDOMIZED controlled trials; COMPARATIVE studies; PRE-tests & post-tests; NURSES; QUESTIONNAIRES; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; CHI-squared test; STATISTICAL sampling; FRIEDMAN test (Statistics); PSYCHOTHERAPY; FEMALE reproductive organ tumors; POSTTRAUMATIC growth

Although gynecological cancers are among the most common cancers worldwide, these diagnoses are among the most traumatic experiences in women's lives. This study aimed to examine the effects of logotherapy-based, nurse-guided meaning attribution conversations (MACs) on traumatic stress symptoms, post-traumatic growth, spiritual well-being, and life meaning attribution in gynecological cancer patients. This single-blind, randomized controlled trial consisted of face-to-face interviews with 68 women with gynecological cancer who received chemotherapy at Karadeniz Technical University Health Application And Research Center Farabi Hospital in 2019. Women in the intervention group underwent seven MAC sessions, whereas women in the control group only received routine nursing care. Data were collected using the Personal Information Form (PIF), the Traumatic Stress Symptom Scale (TSSS), the Post-Traumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI), the Meaning in Life Questionnaire (MLQ), and the Spiritual Well-Being Scale (SWBS). Descriptive statistics and parametric and nonparametric tests (Mann – Whitney U-test, Friedman test, Chi-squared test, and Fisher's exact test) were used to analyze the data. The study was registered at ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT05246462). We observed statistically significant differences in the post-intervention and follow-up mean TSSS, PTGI, and MLQ scores (p =.000) between groups. However, mean total SWBS scores were not significantly different between groups (p =.145). This study demonstrated that MACs decreased the traumatic stress symptoms of women with gynecological cancer and increased their post-traumatic growth and ability to attribute meaning to life, but did not affect their spiritual well-being. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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