Among 400 hospitalized lung cancer patients in western Türkiye, higher self-transcendence was associated with lower hopelessness. Patients reported moderate self-transcendence and high hopelessness on average. A significant negative correlation indicates that as self-transcendence increases, hopelessness decreases. The findings suggest that supporting self-transcendence through psychosocial interventions could improve psychological well-being and reduce hopelessness in lung cancer care.
In a palliative care service in western Turkey, 44 patients without cognitive impairment were randomly assigned to reminiscence therapy, unstructured social interviewing, or a control group. Over eight sessions across two weeks, reminiscence therapy did not reduce physical or total symptom burden. General distress and psychological symptoms decreased within both the reminiscence and placebo groups, but differences between all groups were not significant. Life satisfaction and self-transcendence increased substantially in the reminiscence therapy group compared to the other groups. The therapy may contribute positively to psychological recovery in palliative care patients approaching the end of life.