“…Although some studies on cancer patients have found that meaning-focused strategies, such as positive reframing, are related to better subsequent adjustment, such as improved quality of life and psychological wellbeing [35,36], others have reported that searching for meaning is related to poorer adjustment [37,38]. The results of this study show that a brief meaning-focused intervention effectively improves the level of existential wellbeing and quality of life of advanced cancer patients, especially in older people, patients who received inadequate palliative care services and who lack social support, and newly diagnosed patients in the advanced stage of illness.…”