How short is too short? A randomised controlled trial evaluating short-term existential behavioural therapy for informal caregivers of palliative patients.

Patients’ time of death was significantly associated with outcomes negative affect (alive beta: .066; deceased >3 months ago beta: –.289; time of death unknown beta: .086; deceased ⩽3 months ago as reference category), satisfaction with life (alive beta: –1.38; deceased >3 months ago beta: .984; time of death unknown beta: –1.70), subjective distress (alive beta: .424; deceased >3 months ago beta: –1.13; time of death unknown beta: .360) and psychological impairment (alive beta: .615; deceased >3 months ago beta: .456; time of death unknown beta: 1.83); patients’ time of death showed a trend to be associated with anxiety (alive beta: .011; deceased >3 months ago beta: –1.55; time of death unknown beta: .982).

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