Religious comfort and anxiety in women with cancer: The mediating role of hope and moderating role of religious struggle

Zarzycka, Beata; Śliwak, Jacek; Krok, Dariusz; Ciszek, Paweł

doi:10.1002/pon.5155

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“…"Hope" mediates the relationship between religious comfort and anxiety. The support gained from religious beliefs gives hope to cancer patients, reduces anxiety and gives patients a strong incentive to cope with the adverse effects of cancer (Zarzycka et al, 2019). In summary, when nurses assess the level of hope of breast cancer chemotherapy women, age and religious beliefs should be given full consideration.…”

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Hope and symptom burden of women with breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy: A cross‐sectional study

Zhou

et al. 2021

Journal of Clinical Nursing

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Aim This research aimed to explore the level of hope and symptom burden of breast cancer women undergoing chemotherapy, and predictive factors of hope were also investigated. Background Chemotherapy brings physical and psychological stress to breast cancer patients. As an effective coping strategy, hope gives them the courage to overcome difficulties and improve prognosis and survival. Therefore, efforts are needed to raise hope. Design/Methods A total of 450 women who were undergoing breast cancer chemotherapy participated in this cross‐sectional study. Sociodemographic data, disease characteristics, and measures of hope and symptom burden were collected using questionnaires. Hope was assessed using the validated Herth Hope Index, and the previously validated Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale was used to assess symptom burden. This paper adhered to the STROBE guidelines. Results Chinese breast cancer chemotherapy women hope average scores of 30.15 ± 4.82 were in the medium range of the Hearth Hope Index as specified by Herth to be 24–35. Patients with age ≤45, religious beliefs and lighter symptom burden have a higher level of hope. These variables explained a total of 22.9% of the variation in hope. Conclusions The level of hope for women undergoing breast cancer chemotherapy still needs to be further improved. Symptom burden can negatively predict hope. Relevance to clinical practice If nurses can decrease breast cancer chemotherapy women symptom burden, there is an impact on increasing levels of hope.

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Hope and symptom burden of women with breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy: A cross‐sectional study

Zhou

et al. 2021

Journal of Clinical Nursing

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“…An important factor of hope, especially in difficult or crisis situations like cancer diagnosis, is spirituality (Zarzycka et al 2019). In addiction literature, there is a noticeable lack of research on this topic.…”

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Indirect Relationship between Alcoholics Anonymous Spirituality and Their Hopelessness: The Role of Meaning in Life, Hope, and Abstinence Duration

Wnuk

2021

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Spiritual growth is a significant factor in Alcoholics Anonymous treatment process. In the literature, there is an observable lack of research regarding spiritual mechanisms of recovery in alcohol addicted individuals who are participants of self-help groups. The study purpose was to examine the potential mechanisms indirectly influencing participants of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and to determine the effects of spiritual experiences on their feelings of hopelessness through finding meaning in life, improving hope, and longer abstinence duration. The study was conducted using a cross-sectional design. Participants were AA meeting attenders from Poland. According to the obtained results, the relationship between spiritual experiences and feelings of hopelessness was indirect through meaning in life, hope, and abstinence duration. Additionally, the moderated mediation effect was positively verified. Meaning in life moderated the relationship between hope and feelings of hopelessness. In a group of AA participants with less-than-average and average levels of meaning in life, hope protected against feelings of hopelessness. Among AA participants with higher-than-average meaning in life, hope was not related to their depression symptoms. The spiritual mechanisms, which led to reduced feelings of hopelessness among AA participants, and the role of meaning in life, hope, and duration of abstinence were confirmed.

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“…The use of traditional remedies and prayer in combination with public health interventions such as hand washing helped to address hopelessness, and to give communities courage that they could avoid getting COVID-19, or recover and survive from it. Maintaining hope through religious beliefs and use of traditional medicine is shown to be beneficial to sufferers of other illnesses such as AIDS and cancer [32,33]. These findings suggest that the psychosocial benefits of traditional remedies and prayer against emerging illnesses need further exploration.…”

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Contested or complementary healing paradigms? Women’s narratives of COVID-19 remedies in Mwanza, Tanzania

Mshana

Mchome

Aloyce

et al. 2021

J Ethnobiology Ethnomedicine

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Background COVID-19 has caused worldwide fear and uncertainty. Historically, the biomedical disease paradigm established its dominance in tackling emerging infectious illnesses mainly due to innovation in medication and advances in technology. Traditional and religious remedies have emerged as plausible options for prevention and treatment of COVID-19, especially in Africa and Asia. The appeal of religious and traditional therapies against COVID-19 in the African setting must be understood within the historical, social, and political context. This study explored how women and community members dealt with suspected symptoms of COVID-19 in Mwanza, Tanzania. Methods This study was conducted in Nyamagana and Ilemela districts of Mwanza, Tanzania, between July and August 2020. We conducted 18 mobile phone in-depth interviews with a purposively selected sample of women aged 27–57 years participating in an existing longitudinal study. For safety reasons, smart mobile phones were used to collect the data. Each interview was audio recorded after obtaining verbal consent from the participants. The audio files were transferred to computers for analysis. Four researchers conducted a multistage, inductive analysis of the data. Results Participants reported wide use and perceived high efficacy of traditional remedies and prayer to prevent and treat suspected symptoms of COVID-19. Use was either alone or combined with public health recommendations such as hand washing and crowd avoidance. Despite acknowledging that a pathogen causes COVID-19, participants attested to the relevance and power of traditional herbal medication and prayer to curb COVID-19. Four main factors underline the symbolic efficacy of the traditional and religious treatment paradigms: personal, communal, and official reinforcement of their efficacy; connection to local knowledge and belief systems; the failure of biomedicine to offer a quick and effective solution; and availability. Conclusions In the context of emerging contagious illnesses, communities turn to resilient and trusted treatment paradigms to quell fear and embrace hope. To tackle emerging infections effectively, it is essential to engage the broader sociopolitical landscape, including communal considerations of therapeutic efficacy.

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Religious comfort and anxiety in women with cancer: The mediating role of hope and moderating role of religious struggle

Cited by 20 publications

References 31 publications

Hope and symptom burden of women with breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy: A cross‐sectional study

Hope and symptom burden of women with breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy: A cross‐sectional study

Indirect Relationship between Alcoholics Anonymous Spirituality and Their Hopelessness: The Role of Meaning in Life, Hope, and Abstinence Duration

Contested or complementary healing paradigms? Women’s narratives of COVID-19 remedies in Mwanza, Tanzania

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