Religious Involvement, Spirituality, and Medicine: Implications for Clinical Practice

Mueller, Paul S.; Plevak, David J.; Rummans, Teresa A.

doi:10.4065/76.12.1225

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“…Several studies corroborate the findings of this study (12)(13) . An assessment study with thousands of people regarding the state of happiness and the religious practice evidenced a positive correlation between these variables (12) .…”

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Esperança em mulheres portadoras da infecção pelo HIV

Galvão

Bonfim

Gir

et al. 2012

Rev. esc. enferm. USP

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Objetivou-se avaliar a esperança na vida de mulheres infectadas pelo HIV mediante uso da Escala de Esperança de Herth (EEH). Participaram 111 mulheres portadoras de HIV atendidas em ambulatório de referência em Fortaleza-CE. De janeiro a maio de 2009, foram conduzidas entrevistas que captaram variáveis biopsicossociais e aplicou-se a EEH. Os dados analisados pelo programa SPSS-8.0 revelaram índice médio de esperança de 34,86, apontando que as mulheres possuem moderada esperança na vida diante da vigência do HIV, cujo item da escala com maior pontuação relacionou-se à fé (3,57). Isto provavelmente decorre do fato de a AIDS não ter cura, ser transmissível e produzir estigma, estando ainda relacionada à ideia de morte iminente. Conclui-se que a medida da esperança entre portadores de HIV, mediante o uso de um instrumento, possibilita avaliar e planejar intervenções, promovendo ajuda e motivação para viverem melhor e manterem a esperança na vida.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 80%

Esperança em mulheres portadoras da infecção pelo HIV

Galvão

Bonfim

Gir

et al. 2012

Rev. esc. enferm. USP

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“…Though dispositional optimism appears to remain stable throughout the adult life span [29], it is important to examine whether this trait is prominent when faced with a life-threatening condition in older age. Finally, spirituality is increasingly considered an important factor in coping with chronic and life threatening illnesses [for reviews, see 30,31] and there is evidence to suggest that it can be as significant as physical health on overall well-being of cancer survivors [32]. We consider these five psychosocial resources to be potentially protective and expect that they will mitigate the psychological impact of cancer diagnosis and treatment and therefore assist in successful long term survivorship.…”

Section: The Stress-coping Modelmentioning

confidence: 99%

Individual differences in well-being in older breast cancer survivors

Perkins

Small

Balducci

et al. 2007

Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology

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Older women who survive breast cancer may differ significantly in their long-term well-being. Using a risk and protective factors model, we studied predictors of well-being in 127 women age 70 and above with a history of at least one year's survival of breast cancer. Mean post-cancer survivorship was 5.1 years. Using life satisfaction, depression and general health perceptions as outcome variables, we assessed whether demographic variables, cancer-related variables, health status and psychosocial resources predicted variability in well-being using correlational and hierarchical regression analyses. Higher age predicted increased depression but was not associated with life satisfaction or general health perceptions. Cancer-related variables, including duration of survival, and type of cancer treatment, were not significantly associated with survivors' well-being. Poorer health status was associated with poorer well-being in all three dependent variables. After controlling for demographics, cancer-related variables, and health status, higher levels of psychosocial resources including optimism, mastery, spirituality and social support predicted better outcome in all three dependent variables. While many older women survive breast cancer without severe sequelae, there is considerable variability in their well-being after survivorship. Successful intervention with older breast cancer survivors might include greater attention not only to cancer-specific concerns, but also attention to geriatric syndromes and functional impairment, and enhancement of protective psychosocial resources.

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“…It is worth noting that the capital did not differ from the inner state in terms of religiosity, which proved to be high in all questions of the instrument used. A meta-analysis 26 has shown that religious involvement and spirituality are associated with better health indices, such as longevity, management skills, and quality of life, and fewer cases of anxiety, depression, and suicide.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%