Spiritual/Religious Coping of Women with Breast Cancer

Borges, Mariana Lopes; Caldeira, Sílvia; Loyola-Caetano, Edilaine A.; Magalhães, Paola Alexandria Pinto de; Areco, Felipe S.; Panobianco, Marislei Sanches

doi:10.3390/rel8110254

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“…The keys to coping strategies amongst Malay women are their religious beliefs and the context of their partnerships – that is, how much they value their relationships with their spouses similar to what had been experienced among women with breast cancer in other countries regardless their religions. 43 , 44 Those with strong religious beliefs are more likely to adapt to the difficult situation and to construe positive meanings out of negative experiences. 43 , 45 Relationship context contributes to the perceived severity of the illness: Women with appreciative, understanding husbands are more likely to resolve their difficulties and accommodate their husbands’ sexual needs, regardless of their own wishes.…”

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“… 43 , 44 Those with strong religious beliefs are more likely to adapt to the difficult situation and to construe positive meanings out of negative experiences. 43 , 45 Relationship context contributes to the perceived severity of the illness: Women with appreciative, understanding husbands are more likely to resolve their difficulties and accommodate their husbands’ sexual needs, regardless of their own wishes. On the other hand, those less considerate husbands are more likely to try to avoid sexual intimacy.…”

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Coping Strategies for Sexual Problems and Sexual Dysfunction Amongst Malay Women With Breast Cancer. A Qualitative Study

Muhamad

Zain

et al. 2021

Sexual Medicine

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Introduction: Women' sexuality becomes complex after breast cancer diagnosis and sexual health is highly neglected in the management of the illness. Aims: To explore the coping and strategies to overcome sexuality problems and sexual dysfunction among women with breast cancer. Material and Methods: Using the in-depth and photo-elicitation interview methods, this qualitative study following phenomenological analysis was conducted on fourteen married female respondents with breast cancer and had the positive result for female sexual dysfunction (FSD) screened by Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI-6 items) from Kelantan, Malaysia. The interviews data were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim and managed in analytic computer software NVivo11 Pro. The transcriptions were analyzed using thematic analysis by referring to the meaning-making theory. Main Outcome Measures: We identified overlapping themes of coping and strategies among women with breast cancer to overcome sexual problems and sexual dysfunction which correspond with meaning-making theory. Results: Three themes have emerged. Women with breast cancer that developed sexuality problem and sexual dysfunction strived to accept the illness using religious belief and conform by altering sexual practices. These individuals positively look for a solution by seeking formal healthcare advice, modify their physical appearance, active discussion with the husband and support from other survivors. A few of them passively struggle with the subject by averting the intimacy and receptive toward polygamy. Conclusion:This study highlighted the various mechanisms that emphasized the pivotal role of religious belief and relationship context as key factors in the coping strategies among women with breast cancer in Malaysia. The finding may not be generalized to other countries. Che Ya SN, Muhamad R, Zain NM, et al. Coping Strategies for Sexual Problems and Sexual Dysfunction Amongst Malay Women With Breast Cancer. A Qualitative Study. Sex Med 2021;xxx:xxx−xxx.

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Coping Strategies for Sexual Problems and Sexual Dysfunction Amongst Malay Women With Breast Cancer. A Qualitative Study

Muhamad

Zain

et al. 2021

Sexual Medicine

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“…Both spirituality and religiosity are mechanisms to find meaning when faced with the illness process, which relates such phenomena to a source of support and hope (25)(26) . The cancer diagnosis often requires aggressive and painful therapies, resulting in undesirable side effects (27) .…”

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Religious/spiritual coping and spiritual distress in people with cancer

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Objective: To investigate the relation between the presence of spiritual distress and use of RSC and sociodemographic, clinical and religious/spiritual variables in people with cancer. Method: Cross-sectional study conducted in an association for support to people with cancer. The data obtained with the tools were analyzed using the Spearman‘s correlation coefficient and the Mann-Whitney Test. Results: 129 volunteers participated in the study, of which 57% showed moderate spiritual distress, 96% used medium and high positive religious/spiritual coping. Spiritual distress showed positive correlation with negative religious/spiritual coping (P<0.001) and inverse correlation with age (p 0.002). The use of positive religious coping was statistically significant in people who have religious practices (p 0.001). Conclusão: Spiritual distress is a phenomenon that is present in the lives of people with cancer and has significant relation with the use, in a negative manner, of religion/spirituality as a way of coping with the disease.

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“…Spirituality is important in regulating their emotions and considered as helpful in adjustment after cancer. Another study towards 94 women with mastectomized breast cancer showed that all respondents used spiritual/religious coping (SRC), mostly at high and very high level; SRC proved to be an important coping strategy in stress situations experienced by women with breast cancer and helpful in coping with the disease and the consequences of the treatments [36]. Similar study in women with cervical cancer is not found yet.…”

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Spiritual wellbeing in breast and cervical cancer survivors: differences in each stage of survivorship

Sari¹

2019

IJPHS

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Spiritual needs in cancer survivors are underappreciated compared to physical and psychological needs. This study aimed to: 1) compare and analyze the differences in spiritual wellbeing (SWB) between breast and cervical cancer survivors (BCS and CCS) generally, and between stages of survivorship specifically, and 2) determine the best predictor of SWB in both cases. This cross-sectional study involved 58 BCS and 47 CCS (n=105). Questionnaire of QOL-CS part IV was used in data collection. Various statistical tests were used in data analysis (α<0.05). SWB was significantly different between BCS and CCS (p=0.002), which influenced by significant differences in religious activity, spiritual activity, uncertainty, positive life changes, life goals, and hope (all p<α). In BCS, overall SWB was not significantly different between survivorship stages (p=0.179); but religious activity, life goals, and hope were significantly different (p=0.043, p=0.022, and p=0.036 respectively) which indicate that these three aspects change overtime along with the survivorship stages. While in CCS, SWB and all of its aspects were not significantly different between survivorship stages (all p>α) which indicate that SWB is stable/stagnant across the survival life span in CCS. Spiritual life changes and religious activity are the best predictors of SWB in both cases and were accounted for 70.3% (R2=0.703) and 69.7% (R2=0.697) variance of SWB in BCS and CCS respectively.

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Spiritual/Religious Coping of Women with Breast Cancer

Cited by 18 publications

References 17 publications

Coping Strategies for Sexual Problems and Sexual Dysfunction Amongst Malay Women With Breast Cancer. A Qualitative Study

Coping Strategies for Sexual Problems and Sexual Dysfunction Amongst Malay Women With Breast Cancer. A Qualitative Study

Religious/spiritual coping and spiritual distress in people with cancer

Spiritual wellbeing in breast and cervical cancer survivors: differences in each stage of survivorship

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