Effects of Rational-Emotive Hospice Care Therapy on Problematic Assumptions, Death Anxiety, and Psychological Distress in a Sample of Cancer Patients and Their Family Caregivers in Nigeria

This study was a preliminary investigation that aimed to examine the effects of rational emotive hospice care therapy (REHCT) on problematic assumptions, death anxiety, and psychological distress in a sample of cancer patients and their family caregivers in Nigeria. The study adopted a pre-posttest...

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Published in:International journal of environmental research and public health 2016-09, Vol.13 (9), p.929
Main Authors: Onyechi, Kay Chinonyelum Nwamaka, Onuigbo, Liziana N, Eseadi, Chiedu, Ikechukwu-Ilomuanya, Amaka B, Nwaubani, Okechukwu Onyinye, Umoke, Prince C I, Agu, Fedinand U, Otu, Mkpoikanke Sunday, Utoh-Ofong, Anthonia N
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Summary:This study was a preliminary investigation that aimed to examine the effects of rational emotive hospice care therapy (REHCT) on problematic assumptions, death anxiety, and psychological distress in a sample of cancer patients and their family caregivers in Nigeria. The study adopted a pre-posttest randomized control group design. Participants were community-dwelling cancer patients ( = 32) and their family caregivers ( = 52). The treatment process consisted of 10 weeks of full intervention and 4 weeks of follow-up meetings that marked the end of intervention. The study used repeated-measures analysis of variance for data analysis. The findings revealed significant effects of a REHCT intervention program on problematic assumptions, death anxiety, and psychological distress reduction among the cancer patients and their family caregivers at the end of the intervention. The improvements were also maintained at follow-up meetings in the treatment group compared with the control group who received the usual care and conventional counseling. The researchers have been able to show that REHCT intervention is more effective than a control therapy for cancer patients' care, education, and counseling in the Nigerian context.
ISSN:1660-4601
1661-7827
1660-4601
DOI:10.3390/ijerph13090929