The effect of logotherapy on cancer patient's quality of life

Aim and As cancer grows exponentially in world and affects the quality of life, the quintessence of taking appropriate actions on quality of life, like logotherapy which is a psychotherapic intervention is essential. This study aims at measuring the impact of logotherapy on the quality of life in cancer patients who were cured in Seyed-o-Shohada hospital, Isfahan, Iran in year 2012. Methods and Materials: This is a quasi-experimental study who was cured in Seyed-o-Shohada hospital, Isfahan, Iran in year 2012. It contains pretests and post-tests, and a questionnaire of demographic and SF36 quality of life information. Sampling is done by convenience method and allocation of samples to two groups of intervention and control. Each group contains 37 samples. Samples are measured by standard tools of quality of life. Then logotherapy sessions were arranged for patients in 8 session twice a week for 2 hours, and after a month they were again tested for their quality of life. Descriptive and analytical methods by SPSS software are used to render the statistics. The average of quality of life points after the intervention in comparison to what it was before the intervention in control group was 8.6±3.3 units reduced but in intervention group 19.8±3.1 units increased. According to the T test, the difference between the average quality of life points in intervention group is significantly increased in comparison to control group. (t=-6.22(df=71); P<0.001). This shows how this method can be used to improve the quality of life in cancer patients as well as their knowledge about cancer as related to the impacts of logotherapy on their lives.