The role of religion and spirituality in coping with kidney disease and haemodialysis in Thailand

Objective: Identify and analyze existing evidence regarding the benefits of spirituality and / or religiosity in patients with Chronic Kidney Disease. Method: Integrative review carried out through consultation of databases: Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences, Scientific Electronic Library Online, US National Library of Medicine and Scopus. The following descriptors were used: chronic kidney disease, spirituality and religion. Primary articles published by December 2017 were included. Results: Twenty-six articles were selected, from which four thematic categories emerged: benefits as a modality of coping, perception of quality of life, mental health and improvement of renal function after transplantation. Conclusion: Benefits included those related to situational coping modalities, such as the strengthening of hope, social support and coping with pain; those related to mental health, such as the lower risk of suicide and fewer depressive symptoms; improvement in the perception of quality of life and in renal function after transplantation.

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“…The role of religion and spirituality in coping with kidney disease and haemodialysis in Thailand (38) .…”

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“…Loureiro spiritual practices as a modality of coping, including religious and spiritual for the development of disease, karmic disease, merit, prayer and praises, and the act of bargaining with the gods through promises. Finally, the authors associated the results with the religiosity and spirituality of the Thai people (38) .…”

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Benefits of spirituality and/or religiosity in patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: an integrative review

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“…Coping is referred to cognitive and behavioral responses to control stressors, both external and internal that can burden one's life [12]. Coping is a process used by someone to manage stress and handle stressful situations in life [12]. Research results showed that knowledge, awareness, family, religion, and duration of illness are important factors influencing self-care and self-management.…”

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The Correlation Between Anxiety and Coping Mechanisms in Patients with Renal Failure Undergoing Hemodialysis

Siwi¹,

Rizqillah²,

Yulianti³

2020

Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Community Health (ICCH 2019)

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Patients undergoing long-term hemodialysis will face various physical and psychosocial problems. Psychosocial problems include the inability to resume a normal lifestyle, self-reliance in life anxiety, depression, social isolation, loneliness, helplessness, and despair. Renal failure patients should be able to have self-durability during their illness. Patients with adaptive or maladaptive coping mechanisms show a change of physical, psychological, and social environments. A descriptive correlational design was used in the study. The sample size was 58 respondents. The sampling technique used was the total sampling technique. The research instrument was questionnaires, namely the Zung Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (ZSAS) and the Ways of Coping (WAYS). Data were analyzed using frequency distribution and the Chi-square Test. The results showed that most of the respondents were elderly at the age of 46-65 (37 respondents) (63.8%), and males (32 respondents) (55.2%), and undergoing hemodialysis for less than 6 months (38 respondents) (65.5 %). Most respondents experienced mild anxiety (51 respondents) (87.9%). Most respondents had adaptive mechanisms (45 respondents) (77.6%). There was no correlation between anxiety and coping mechanisms in patients with renal failure undergoing hemodialysis (p-value = 0172).

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“…Coping refers to the constant changes a person's cognitive and behavioral efforts to manage the demands of the specific needs of both external and internal burdensome or exceeding one's resources [20]. Researchers assumed that adaptive coping mechanisms in this study is shown by the efforts of respondents receiving hemodialysis and accustomed to the action, feeling depressed a little or sometimes perceived by respondents when undergoing hemodialysis therapy.…”

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Correlations Between Family Support with Coping Mechanisms in Patients with Chronic Renal Failure Undergoing Hemodialysis in Wijayakusuma Military Hospital, Purwokerto

Yulianti¹,

Siwi²,

Susanti³

2020

Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Community Health (ICCH 2019)

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Chronic kidney disease occurs due to impaired kidney function that are progressive and settled. One of the treatment is hemodialysis that performed in a long period, causing changes in the physical, psychological, social, and the economic of the patient. These changes can affect the patient's coping mechanisms. This study aims to find the correlations between family support with coping mechanisms in patients with chronic renal failure undergoing hemodialysis in RST Wijayakusuma Purwokerto. The method of this study used correlative quantitative descriptive with cross-sectional approach. The sample obtained by using accidental sampling technique with a sample size as many as 94 respondents. Retrieving data used questionnaires ways of coping and family support. Analysis of the data used the frequency distribution and Spearman Rank. The result of this study showed that respondents with adaptive coping mechanism as many as 76 respondents and respondents who have received family support as many as 41 respondents. Statistical test results obtained by the value of p-value = 0.01 was smaller than the value of α = 0.05 and r = 0264. In conclusion, there was a significant correlations between family support with coping mechanisms in patients with chronic renal failure undergoing hemodialysis with the direction of a positive correlations and the strength of weak ties.

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The role of religion and spirituality in coping with kidney disease and haemodialysis in Thailand

Abstract: Religion and spirituality provide powerful coping strategies that can help Thai people with CKD overcome the associated distress and difficulties. Religion and spirituality cannot be separated in Thai culture because Thai people are both religious and spiritual.

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Benefits of spirituality and/or religiosity in patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: an integrative review

Benefits of spirituality and/or religiosity in patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: an integrative review

The Correlation Between Anxiety and Coping Mechanisms in Patients with Renal Failure Undergoing Hemodialysis

Correlations Between Family Support with Coping Mechanisms in Patients with Chronic Renal Failure Undergoing Hemodialysis in Wijayakusuma Military Hospital, Purwokerto

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