Palliative care patients experience psychosocial and spiritual problems such as depressed mood, fear of metastasis, uncertainty, lack of pleasure, fear of suffering, and chronic sorrow. Logotherapy is a meaning-centered intervention helping the individual to discover the meaning of life and increasing the spiritual well-being and quality of life of the individual. In this study, the effect of logotherapy counseling program on dignity, chronic sorrow and meaning of life of palliative care patients will be evaluated.~In this study, the participants will be randomized in a single blind manner (participant) to either intervention (8 session-4 week logotherapy) or control (routine care) groups.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of logotherapy counseling program on chronic sorrow, meaning of life and dignity of palliative care patients.