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Dignity-related existential distress in end-of-life cancer patients: Prevalence, underlying factors, and associated coping strategies.
Andrea Bovero
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Nader Alessandro Sedghi
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Marta Opezzo
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Rossana Botto
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Manuela Pinto
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Valentina Ieraci
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Riccardo Torta
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November 2018
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Abstract
Cancer patients often have to face increasing levels of existential distress (ED) during disease progression, especially when nearing death. This cross-sectional study aimed to assess the prevalence of the dignity-related existential distress (DR-ED) in a sample of end-of-life cancer patients, and to explore the "existential distress" Patient Dignity Inventory (PDI-IT) subscale internal structure and its associations with different coping strategies.