Psychometric Properties of the Greek Version of Demoralization Scale-II (DS-II) in Patients with Cancer.

Introduction: The concept of demoralization is used to describe situations of existential distress and self-perceived inability to effectively deal with stressors. The Demoralization Scale-II (DS-II) is a short and modified version of the original DS that measures the level of demoralization in patients. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Greek version of the Greek Demoralisation Scale-II (DS-II GR) in the population of patients with cancer.

Exploring the occurrence and the risk factors of the desire for hastened death and depression in people with early-stage dementia in Greece.

Objectives: To assess the factors associated with desire for hastened death and depression in early-stage dementia as well as the association between them. Also, to explore the mediator and moderator role of age in the relationship between depression and desire for hasten death.

Methods: A prospective cross-sectional study including 100 patients diagnosed with early-stage dementia from a rehabilitation center between December 2018 and July 2019.

Hope and Distress Symptoms of Oncology Patients in a Palliative Care Setting.

Background Hope has a positive impact on health, playing a significant role in managing illness and its associated losses. In oncology patients, hope is crucial for effective adaptation to the disease, as well as a strategy for coping with physical and mental distress. It enhances disease management, psychological adaptation, and overall quality of life.

Greek Caregivers of Chronically Ill Patients Struggling in Everyday Life.

Background: Caregivers of chronically ill geriatric patients face several problems throughout the disease progression of the patients under their care. This is a prospective crosssectional study conducted from September 2017 to September 2018, including 130 caregivers of geriatric patients from Attica, Greece.

Objectives: This study investigates caregivers' anxiety, perception of changes in their lives, and quality of life.

Herth Hope Index: A Psychometric Evaluation Study within a Sample of Greek Patients with Cancer.

Objectives: This study aims to develop the Greek version of the Herth Hope Index (HHI) and assess its psychometric properties to a palliative care patient sample, using a cross-sectional design.

Materials And Methods: The HHI was translated into Greek (HHI-Gr) using the 'forward-backward' procedure. It was administered to 130 eligible cancer patients, while for the stability of patients' responses, 40 of these patients completed the HHI-Gr 3 days later.

The Experience of Living With Breast Cancer and the Assessment of Needs and Expectations.

Living with a chronic disease constitutes a biographical reversal characterized by change and loss. The aims of this study are to conceptualize the meaning of breast cancer, of its burden, to explore the patient's needs and expectations while being admitted to a palliative care unit, and to evaluate the fulfillment of those expectations. Two semistructured interviews were conducted, audio taped, transcribed verbatim, and subjected to the qualitative method of Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis.

Complementary Therapies for Patients with Cancer: Reflexology and Relaxation in Integrative Palliative Care. A Randomized Controlled Comparative Study.

Comparison of the effects of reflexology and relaxation on pain, anxiety, and depression, and quality of life (QoL) of patients with cancer. A stratified random sample was selected, using an experimental design. An outpatient Palliative Care Unit in Attica, Greece.

Depression as a Mediator or Moderator Between Preparatory Grief and Sense of Dignity in Patients With Advanced Cancer.

The objectives of the study were to evaluate the relationship between depression, preparatory grief, and loss of dignity in patients with advanced cancer and whether depression has a mediator and/or a mediator role between preparatory grief and dignity. The participants were 120 patients with advanced cancer who completed the Greek version of the Patient Dignity Inventory, the Greek Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, and the Preparatory Grief in Advanced Cancer Patients questionnaire. Depression was highly correlated with preparatory grief and loss of dignity.

Advanced Cancer Patients' Perceptions of Dignity: The Impact of Psychologically Distressing Symptoms and Preparatory Grief.

Purpose: The present study assesses the relationship between patient dignity in advanced cancer and the following variables: psychological distress, preparatory grief, and sociodemographic and clinical characteristics.

Methods: The sample consisted of 120 patients with advanced cancer. The self-administered questionnaires were as follows: the Preparatory Grief in Advanced Cancer Patients (PGAC), the Patient Dignity Inventory-Greek (PDI-Gr), the Greek Schedule for Attitudes toward Hastened Death (G-SAHD), and the Greek version of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (G-HADS).

Psychometric Properties of the Greek Version of the Patient Dignity Inventory in Advanced Cancer Patients.

Context: The patient dignity inventory (PDI) is an instrument to measure dignity distressing aspects at the end of life.

Objectives: The aims of the present study were the translation of the PDI in Greek language as well as to measure its psychometric aspects in a palliative care unit.

Methods: A back-translation method was obtained at the Greek version.