Spirituality and Chronic Illness

O'Neill, Debra; Kenny, Elaine

doi:10.1111/j.1547-5069.1998.tb01305.x

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“…Extensive studies have shown the importance of diet and exercise on health, particularly for heart conditions; and stress management, improved interpersonal relationships, and enhanced spirituality have been shown to be effective for treating a variety of medical conditions including arthritis, pain, headache, cancer symptoms, hypertension, and insomnia. 12,24,25 This study has several limitations. First, this is an open study with no control group in which all subjects received the intervention.…”

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Exploring the Effectiveness of a Comprehensive Mind–Body Intervention for Medical Symptom Relief

Samuelson

Foret

Baim

et al. 2010

The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

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Objective: The objective of this study was to describe possible changes in physical and psychologic symptoms among outpatients completing a 12-week mind-body medical symptom reduction program related to chronic medical conditions. Design: The cornerstone of the program is elicitation of the relaxation response, and the curriculum also incorporates trainings on mind-body interactions, cognitive restructuring, nutrition, and physical activity. The Medical Symptom Checklist (MSCL), Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile-II (HPLP-II) and Symptom Checklist-90R (SCL-90-R) were used to assess 331 patients' physical and psychologic symptoms before and after the intervention. Results: Significant post-treatment improvements in symptom frequency occurred for 12 individual symptoms on the MSCL, all 6 of the HPLP-II subscales, and 8 of the 9 SCL-90-R subscales from pre-to post-treatment. Conclusions:The results from this uncontrolled study suggest that a comprehensive mind-body intervention program might be useful as a complementary or adjunct therapy for treatment of chronic medical symptoms.

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Exploring the Effectiveness of a Comprehensive Mind–Body Intervention for Medical Symptom Relief

Samuelson

Foret

Baim

et al. 2010

The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

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“…56 When distinctions have been made, there has been tremendous variability across studies with respect to the definitions that have been used. Studies have conceived of spirituality as a focus on God or other power that guides the universe, faith in mystical or transcendental experiences, and/or adherence to certain moral values and belief about relationships with people and a higher power.…”

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Spirituality, Coping, and HIV Risk and Prevention in a Sample of Severely Mentally Ill Puerto Rican Women

Loue

Sajatovic

2006

J Urban Health

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“…This discussion will be informed by recent definitions that posit 'meaning-making' and 'experience as a person' as the starting point for the exploratory research on spirituality [1,4,12,16,24,26,33,34,35]. Concisely stated, 'spirituality is defined as that part of the self where the search for meaning takes place' [34]: it is 'the organising centre of people's lives' [12].…”

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Creating a language for 'spiritual pain' through research: a beginning

McGrath

2002

Support Care Cancer

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The findings presented in this discussion seek to make a contribution to fostering an appreciation of the importance of research on spirituality, a previously neglected dimension of health care. Qualitative research methodology based on open-ended interviews with 12 survivors of haematological malignancies was used. The interviews were transcribed verbatim and thematically analysed using the NUD*IST computer package. The preliminary findings from the study indicate a need for the development of a new language for articulating spirituality. The present discussion is an introductory attempt to begin to explore the notion of, and language for, the idea of 'spiritual pain'. The findings indicate that individuals need a strong sense of meaning-making and connection with life to be able to deal with the demands of aggressive, invasive treatments. Such a connection can be threatened by a break with the normal or expected relationships and satisfaction with life through physical, identity, relational and existential challenges and losses. When the disconnection is acutely painful (a subjective phenomenon depending on the individual) it then is experienced as spiritual pain, creating a void that challenges the individual's ability to derive any meaning from their existence. This study is seen as preliminary work, the first step in a series of articles aimed at beginning to develop, through research, a language of spiritual care.

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Spirituality and Chronic Illness

Cited by 69 publications

References 55 publications

Exploring the Effectiveness of a Comprehensive Mind–Body Intervention for Medical Symptom Relief

Exploring the Effectiveness of a Comprehensive Mind–Body Intervention for Medical Symptom Relief

Spirituality, Coping, and HIV Risk and Prevention in a Sample of Severely Mentally Ill Puerto Rican Women

Creating a language for 'spiritual pain' through research: a beginning

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