3.1. Demographic and Clinical Characteristics
death, fatigue
A total of 165 eligible participants were assessed for potential enrolment. Of these, 72 individuals did not meet the inclusion criteria, 29 participants declined to participate mainly due to fatigue, five people had their clinical situation worsen, and three individuals died. A total of 56 patients consented to participate and were enrolled in the study. They were randomly assigned to either the intervention group [IG] (n = 28) or the control group [CG] (n = 28). Since the allocation to the follow-up, several participants dropped out mostly to clinical deterioration and death (see In a per-protocol analysis, the data are analysed only for patients who reach the study endpoint. Therefore, the characteristics of the participants who completed the protocol originally allocated are summarized in No statistically significant differences were identified between groups in baseline demographic and clinical variables. The equivalence between the two groups was also tested for the hope, comfort, and QoL variables. Groups were similar regarding QoL and comfort, but there were significant differences in hope indexes (