Spiritual Wellbeing of Cancer Patients: What Health-Related Factors Matter?

Riklikienė, Olga; Kaselienė, Snieguolė; Spirgienė, Lina; Karosas, Laima; Fisher, John W.

doi:10.1007/s10943-020-01053-0

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“…Koenig's (2015) extensive review of the research on spirituality, religion, and well-being found that out of 326 studies that examined relationships between spirituality, religion, and well-being, 79% reported positive associations. There are a number of studies that show a positive relationship between spirituality and patients coping with chronic illnesses (Das et al, 2018;Riklikiene, 2020;Tanyi et al, 2006). The increasing evidence of the benefits of spirituality on health and well-being, coupled with the growing dissatisfaction of patients over receiving more medically oriented care that does not look at the spiritual side of the person (Pye et al, 2015), add weight to the need to include spirituality in nursing practice standards.…”

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Spirituality and Standards for Practice: A Critical Discourse Analysis

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Research Objective: The aim of this article is to report a study that explores how spirituality is understood to be represented in the current Australian Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) Registered Nurse (RN) standards for practice. Research Design: Fairclough’s approach to critical discourse analysis was applied in the examination of participant interview texts for the language used in relation to spirituality as well as power mechanisms which influenced the way the participants viewed spirituality's representation in the RN Standards for Practice. Participants: Three members of the RN Standards for Practice research and development team. Results: Findings indicate three discourses shaped the way participants viewed how spirituality is presently represented in the RN Standards for Practice. Discourses are (1) spirituality as part of holistic care, (2) spirituality as part of person-centered care, and (3) the professionalization of nursing. Conclusions: Participant interviews revealed these discourses exerted power over how spirituality was represented within the RN Standards for Practice. This has implications for the inclusion of spirituality in the practice standards and the practice of spiritual care.

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Section: Spirituality In Nursingmentioning

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Spirituality and Standards for Practice: A Critical Discourse Analysis

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“…Symptoms such as fatigue can be an indirect measure of the “self-reported physical health of patients.” 15 Because fatigue can directly influence quality of life in palliative patients, poor quality of life is related to lower spiritual well-being. 10,12,15 We assume that fatigue may be a symptom of existential distress at the end of life. Existential distress can cause lower spiritual well-being and fatigue through anxiety.…”

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“…Low spiritual well-being is reportedly associated with hopelessness, 7 depression, 8 deficits in social support, 9 poor quality of life, 10 anxiety, 11 long admission duration, 12 worse spiritual well-being on admission, 13 hyperactive delirium in the last 3 days in life and expressed wish for a hastened death. 13 High spiritual well-being, on the other hand, is related to less depression, stronger religious belief, 11,14 higher education level, 12 better self-reported physical health, 12,15 and less anxiety. 11,16,17 However, relatively few studies have been done on spiritual well-being.…”

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Factors related to spiritual well-being in the last days of life in three East Asian countries: An international multicenter prospective cohort study

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Background: Some factors associated with spiritual well-being in dying patients have previously been reported. However, there has been no cross-cultural study comparing factors related to spiritual well-being. The current investigation may shed light on this under-investigated area through a comparison of diverse factors. Aim: We aimed to (1) examine factors associated with spiritual well-being in the last days and (2) compare those factors across three East Asian countries. Design: This is an international multicenter prospective cohort study. Setting/participants: Newly admitted inpatients with far advanced cancer in palliative care units in Japan, Korea and Taiwan were enrolled. Each patient was classified into one of two groups based on spiritual well-being score in the last days of life. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to identify the factors related to better spiritual well-being score in each country. Results: A total of 1761 patients treated at 37 palliative care units from January 2017 to September 2018 were analyzed. Seven variables were significant in Japan, three in Korea, and five in Taiwan. “Good death scale [acceptance],” “fatigue” and “expressed wish for hastened death” were unique in Japan. “Visit from a pastoral care worker within 48 h of death” was unique in Korea. “Patient’s preferences for place of death,” “dyspnea” and “continuous deep sedation” were unique in Taiwan. Conclusions: This study found novel factors related to spiritual well-being in the last days of life, several of which differed according to country. Recognition of factors associated with spiritual well-being can improve the quality of palliative care.

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“…In this study, the fit indices were used (Table 1). The Spiritual Well-Being Scale (SWBS) was used to determine the convergent validity, and the correlation between BMLSS the Spiritual Well-Being Scale was calculated (26)(27)(28).…”

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The Translation and Psychometric Evaluation of the Persian Version of Brief Multidimensional Life Satisfaction Scale for Iranian Patients with Cancer

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Background: Due to the growing prevalence of cancer globally, the disease is considered one of the most important sources of stress, disability, and reduced life satisfaction. Although life satisfaction is supposed to be a relatively stable psychological construct, it may change in response to life events. Life-satisfaction is the assessment of the quality of life according to one’s chosen criteria. Objectives: The purpose of this research is the psychometric evaluation of the Persian version of “Brief Multidimensional Life Satisfaction Scale” (BMLSS) in Iranian patients with cancer. Methods: The present study was a methodological research, during which the BMLSS was translated and the Farsi version was validated for patients with cancer. Results: The fit indices of confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the dual dimension of the BMLSS. Regarding the convergent validity of the BMLSS, the total score of the instrument had a positive and significant relationship with age and the sense of religiosity. Cronbach's alpha and Intraclass Correlation were calculated. Conclusions: The findings indicated that this Persian version has good validity and reliability and can be used as a comprehensive instrument in Iran.

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Spiritual Wellbeing of Cancer Patients: What Health-Related Factors Matter?

Cited by 20 publications

References 41 publications

Spirituality and Standards for Practice: A Critical Discourse Analysis

Spirituality and Standards for Practice: A Critical Discourse Analysis

Factors related to spiritual well-being in the last days of life in three East Asian countries: An international multicenter prospective cohort study

The Translation and Psychometric Evaluation of the Persian Version of Brief Multidimensional Life Satisfaction Scale for Iranian Patients with Cancer

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