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Table 4 Statistics Regarding DT Intervention Process (From DT Adherence Checklist) by Item

From: Dignity therapy intervention fidelity: a cross-sectional descriptive study with older adult outpatients with cancer

Process Item

Frequency

(% coded ‘Yes’a)

(N = 46)

Cohen’s

Kappa

(n = 12)

Verification of individual’s understanding of DT

5 (11%)

1.0

Questions asked per DT protocol

42 (91%)

1.0

Therapist’s avoidance of introducing erroneous content

39 (85%)

1.0

Therapist flexible to follow individual direction

45 (98%)

1.0

Therapist flexible to individual’s content boundaries

45 (98%)

1.0

Therapist consistently focused to DT goal

25 (54%)

.75

Therapist of neutral and supportive

43 (93%)

1.0

Therapist empathically attuned

42 (91%)

1.0

Therapist used elaborative techniques to elicit details

39 (85%)

1.0

Sequence of contacts as per the DT protocol

35 (76%)

.75

Participant prompted to designate alternate recipient

37 (80%)

1.0

Preferred method of document delivery verified

42 (91%)

1.0

Editing process in accordance with the DT protocol

46 (100%)

1.0

Participant given opportunity revise document

46 (100%)

1.0

Document read to the patient or offered to do so

46 (100%)

1.0

  1. DT Dignity Therapy
  2. f frequency
  3. Min/Max Minimum/Maximum
  4. a = % of time the item was met across the cases