Associations among Patient Characteristics, Health-Related Quality of Life, and Spiritual Well-Being among Arab Muslim Cancer Patients

Abstract

The FACIT-Sp distinguishes between domains of HrQoL and patient characteristics. Further study on the unique contribution of the FACIT-Sp's Peace and Meaning subscales to HrQoL is needed.

A Systematic Review of Associations between Spiritual Well-Being and Quality of Life at the Scale and Factor Levels in Studies among Patients with Cancer

“…Except for two studies, 11,24 overall SpWB revealed the lowest magnitude of association with the physical dimension of QOL, whereas the association with the emotional or functional dimensions was stronger. Lazenby and colleagues, in their investigations in Jordan with predominantly Muslim patients, identified an inverse association between overall SpWB and both the emotional 22,23 and physical dimensions of QOL. 23 These findings were not replicated in a recent study with 153 subjects diagnosed with cancer in an Iranian Muslim population.…”

“…Lazenby and colleagues, in their investigations in Jordan with predominantly Muslim patients, identified an inverse association between overall SpWB and both the emotional 22,23 and physical dimensions of QOL. 23 These findings were not replicated in a recent study with 153 subjects diagnosed with cancer in an Iranian Muslim population. 25 Between factors of SpWB and QOL.…”

“…[16][17][18][19] Setting and sample. Twenty-seven studies were conducted in the United States, two in Australia, 20,21 two in Jordan, 22,23 and one study each in Japan, Iran, Italy, the Netherlands, and Canada. [24][25][26][27][28] Sample size ranged from 44 18 to 8805.…”

“…29 Thirteen studies conducted in the United States had a significant proportion of subjects that belong to racial, ethnic, or religious minorities. 10,14,15,[20][21][22][23][24][25][30][31][32][33] Eight studies targeted breast, 19,32,34,35 prostate, 30,31 or colorectal cancer patients 15 only. Five studies selected patients within 12 months of diagnosis.…”

The association of spiritual well-being and depression among patients receiving hemodialysis

“…The levels of spiritual well‐being were considered neglected dimension when providing holistic nursing care for patients with chronic illness, although the World Health Organization (WHO) indicated to include spiritual well‐being in addition to physical, mental, and social domains in health services . Moreover, spiritual well‐being was correlated with spiritual beliefs and practices, and it was positively correlated with better social and functional well‐being …”