Integrating Spiritual Care into Maternity Care at a University Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret, Kenya: Challenges, Lessons and Way Forward

Nyongesa, Paul; Kamaara, Eunice; Ayanga, Hazel O.; Mothaly, Joseph; Akim, Simon Peter; Ivy, Steven S.; Lemons, James A.

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“…While much is known about spiritual care in the dying, little attention has been given to spiritual care needs of patients with cancer in clinical setting in Nigeria. Spiritual caring interventions such as prayers, referral services to spiritual services, support persons could improve quality of life of cancer patients, although these options have been minimally explored [12,13]. Existing cancer survivorship programs basically focuses on therapies such as exercise programs, dietary/nutritional therapy etc.…”

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Assessment of Spiritual Care Needs and Quality of Life of Cancer Patients in a Tertiary Hospital in Southwest Nigeria

Esan,

Bolarinwa,

Afolayan

et al. 2023

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Purpose In Africa, cancer is considered a death sentence. Its impact can be debilitating for both the patient and those who care for them. The objective of the study was to assess the Spiritual care needs and Quality of life of Cancer patients in a tertiary hospital in Nigeria. Methods This study is a cross-sectional design and systematically recruited 302 cancer patients who visited the cancer registry and outpatient departments. A standardized and validated Spiritual needs questionnaire (SpNQ) and WHO Quality of Life (WHOQL)were used to collect data. Data was analyzed with SPSS version 23 with level of significance set at p < 0.05. Results The preponderance cancer among respondents was breast cancer (48.4%) followed by prostate cancer (13.6%). Majority of the respondents admitted to have “strong” spiritual needs. Categorization of the spiritual need score was below average in 20% of the respondent which indicated those with low spiritual need and majority (79.8%) of the patients had high spiritual needs. Majority of the respondents had poor quality of life in all the four domains. The spiritual care needs of respondents were significantly associated with the quality of life of the respondents particularly in the psychological domain (p = 0.040) and social domain (p = 0.005). Conclusion This study revealed high spiritual needs among cancer patients and poor quality of life of cancer patients. Providing for spiritual needs could improve cancer patients’ quality of life. Spiritual support should be improved in our setting, as a strategy to enhance cancer patient`s quality of life.

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