The emotional challenges experienced by various patient groups in the clinical setting are well-documented (Rückholdt et al., 2017).These challenges often range from uncertainty about the course of disease progression, the potential success or failure of treatment modalities, and more generally, the fear of the unknown (Carleton, 2016). Hospitalization often places patients in new and unfamiliar environment, and this serves as a source of anxiety and psychological unrest for patients and their family. Moreover, evidence suggests that patients with chronic pain (Kohrt et al., 2018), long-term conditions (Holmes & Deb, 2003 and those nearing the end-of-life experience hopelessness and loss of confidence in themselves and their healthcare providers (Virdun et al., 2017).The prevalence of such emotional issues among the various patient groups requires healthcare providers to make psychological