“I Struggle with Breast Cancer and I Struggle with God”: Insights from African American Breast Cancer Survivors

Mkuu, Rahma; Harvey, Idethia Shevon; Brown, Edna; Spears, Erica C.; Jira, Miryan G; Johnson, Kenne' L; Montour, Tyra; Alexander, Janae

doi:10.1007/s40615-021-00986-w

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Section: Most Chinese Do Not Believe In Religion and Are Influenced Bysupporting

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“…In the present study, participants with a religious affiliation reported having stronger spiritual needs, which is consistent with findings from other studies (Hoecker et al, 2014; Riklikiene et al, 2020). Mkuu et al (2021) showed that gender, in the context of religion, has a major influence on African‐American women with BC, and most studies related to religious needs focus on African‐American and Latin American women. Religious patients regard prayer and participating in religious rituals as a way of getting help, guidance, and hope from their god(s), which could increase their strength and motivation (Devi & Fong, 2019; Jafari et al, 2013); nevertheless, their religious needs cannot be met as the limitation of disease factors (Moghimian & Irajpour, 2019).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…There have been a variety of treatments for the disease, such as surgery and other adjuvant treatments, including radiotherapy and chemotherapy (Magnoni et al, 2021). The prognosis and 5‐year survival rate have improved to some extent (Mkuu et al, 2021). Because the survival rate has gone up, more attention should be given to the quality of life of breast cancer patients.…”

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Spiritual needs and their associated psychosocial factors among women with breast cancer: A cross‐sectional study

Wang

et al. 2022

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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Aims: Guided by the biopsychosocial-spiritual model, this study aimed to evaluate the spiritual needs of Chinese women with breast cancer and explored factors associated with those spiritual needs. Design: This study has a cross-sectional design. Methods: This cross-sectional study involved 228 breast cancer patients in China, between May 2019 and July 2019. Data were collected using the general information form, the Spiritual Needs Scale, the Perceived Social Support Scale and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. Data were analysed by Spearman correlation analysis, univariate analysis and multiple linear regression, and a structural equation model (SEM) was constructed by maximum likelihood estimation.Results: There was a slightly higher average score for spiritual needs. Of the five dimensions of spiritual needs, those with the highest and lowest levels were 'meaning and purpose' and 'relationship with transcendence' respectively. Religion, time since confirmed diagnosis and education level were related to spiritual needs. The proposed model linking spiritual needs perceived social support, anxiety, and depression revealed a satisfactory fit to the data. Specifically, a higher level of social support predicted lower levels of anxiety and depression, which in turn predicted stronger spiritual needs. Conclusions: The spiritual needs of breast cancer patients were associated with individual characteristics and psychosocial elements. Patients' spiritual needs should therefore be effectively evaluated, especially the needs of those who are not religious. Furthermore, comprehensive, needs-tailored interventions that incorporate spiritual, biological, psychological and social support should be formulated. Impact: Nurses should become more aware of the spiritual needs of breast cancer patients, incorporate a spiritual focus into their care and develop comprehensive needs tailored to their characteristics as well as interventions based on biopsychosocial factors.

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Section: Most Chinese Do Not Believe In Religion and Are Influenced Bysupporting

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Spiritual needs and their associated psychosocial factors among women with breast cancer: A cross‐sectional study

Wang

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Journal of Advanced Nursing

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“…Ressalta-se a experiência positiva de mulheres tratadas de câncer de mama quando se apoiaram nas práticas de espiritualidade desde o diagnóstico, por todo processo terapêutico e após o tratamento. A espiritualidade foi tida como um recurso para enfrentamento da doença e fortalecimento nos momentos mais difíceis (MKUU et al, 2021).…”

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Covid -19 – Um Observatório Privilegiado Das Desigualdades Sociais

Denis¹

2022

Saúde Coletiva: Uma Construção Teórico-Prática Permanente 3

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“…The African American church has historically been shaped by significant suffering and consequently offers its members resources for coping with suffering (Croft, 2020;Kellemen & Edwards, 2007). Research has documented that Black people draw substantially on religious resources for meaning-making when faced with cancer diagnoses (Gregg, 2011;Hall et al, 2021;Hamilton et al, 2022;Hamilton & Fluker, 2021;Holt et al, 2009;Mkuu et al, 2022;Torres et al, 2016). Park (2010Park ( , 2013 has posited a meaning-making model where distress in the face of aversive life events such as cancer is caused by a discrepancy between people's global meaning system and their situational appraisal of the negative life event.…”

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Spiritual Surrender: Initial Appraisals of Cancer Diagnoses in Black Christian Women

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Lee,

McMartin

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Journal of Black Psychology

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The meaning-making model proposes that distress results from discrepancies between one’s global meaning system and one’s situational appraisals of negative life events. This model suggests a preventative function for religion when religious global beliefs inform situational appraisals in ways that minimize distress. Using consensual qualitative research, we evaluated the initial reactions to a cancer diagnosis of 29 Black Christian women. We examined how the women appraised the cancer diagnosis and how this appraisal was related to reported distress. Our results indicated that lower levels of distress were related to believing that God was faithful, while higher levels of distress were related to beliefs in retributive justice and cancer as a death sentence. Lower distress was further related to spiritual surrender, a religious coping practice that combines entrusting the outcome of one’s cancer experience to God and actively pursuing treatment. We discuss spiritual surrender as a collaborative religious coping strategy and highlight its importance in informing culturally sensitive psychological interventions.

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“I Struggle with Breast Cancer and I Struggle with God”: Insights from African American Breast Cancer Survivors

Cited by 11 publications

References 61 publications

Spiritual needs and their associated psychosocial factors among women with breast cancer: A cross‐sectional study

Spiritual needs and their associated psychosocial factors among women with breast cancer: A cross‐sectional study

Covid -19 – Um Observatório Privilegiado Das Desigualdades Sociais

Spiritual Surrender: Initial Appraisals of Cancer Diagnoses in Black Christian Women

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