Pilot study on feasibility of taking into account spiritual dimension in nurse's care of patients with haematologic cancer

Patients with acute leukaemia or lymphoma will be invited to have three interviews centered on spiritual issues on a six-eight months period.

The intervention consist on 3 intervention interviews conducted at the beginning of the study and approximatively 2 and 4 months later (according to the program of medical care). Quality of life (FACT-G) and spiritual well-being (FACIT-SP12) scales will be completed at the beginning (before the first intervention interview) and at the end of the study (approximately 2 month after the third intervention interview, i.e. 6 to 8 month after the first interview).

This pilot study will assess the proportion of patients who will accept to enter in the study and to complete it.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients with acute leukaemia or lymphoma, in the first month of hospitalisation after primary diagnosis or firs relapse
• More than 17 years old
• French language
• Having signed informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients requiring palliative care
• Important psychic vulnerability or severe psychiatric disorders

Patients with acute leukaemia or lymphoma during the first month after diagnosis or after first relapse hospitalised in Toulouse Cancer University Hospital