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Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy at Home
Sponsor: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Summary
The purpose of this study is to train nurses from the VNS Health Visiting Nurse Service to deliver Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy for Palliative Care Patients (MCP-PC) to homebound people, and to evaluate how effective MCP-PC is for people with cancer.
Official title: A Pragmatic Randomized Control Trial of Nurse-Delivered Brief Meaning Centered Psychotherapy for Homebound Palliative Care Patients
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
81
Start Date
2022-08-08
Completion Date
2026-08-08
Last Updated
2025-09-10
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Interventions
Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy/MCP-PC Training
Two-Day MCP-PC Training for Nurses (including mock patient/simulation with actor) with a Pre- and Post-Training Assessment
Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy/MCP-PC
3 sessions, completed over the course of 3-6 weeks in the participant's home
Treatment As Usual/TAU
Research team will provide: 1. feedback about level of distress at time of screening 2. local referral for psychological care
Locations (2)
Visiting Nurse Service of NY
New York, New York, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (All Protocol Activities)
New York, New York, United States