Spirituality and Religiosity during the Perioperative Period for Cancer Patients and their Family: An Integrative Systematic Review

Cheng, Maojie; Aslakson, Rebecca; Clinician, Staff; Hunsberger, Joann B.; Fellow, Anesthesiology

doi:10.17140/pmhcoj-1-103

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“…In their study, Hunsberger et al found that families with cancer patients get more involved in performing religious practices during the course of disease. [ 25 ] Religion and spirituality seem to play a key role in accepting the disease and providing hope and peace for patients with cancer and their families. In their study on the positive effect of religious beliefs on the survival of cancer patients, Hamilton et al reported that religious beliefs and activities such as prayer are a source of strength for participants and are effective in the treatment and survival of the patients.…”

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Spiritual needs of mothers having children with cancer

Akaberian¹,

Momennasab²,

Yektatalab³

et al. 2021

Journal of Education and Health Promotion

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BACKGROUND: Diagnosing cancer, as a life-threatening event, in children and adolescents stops the normal course of life for all family members. Spirituality, which plays an essential role in coping with illness and death, can increase resistance against psychological crises induced by cancer diagnosis and treatment. This study aims to discover the spiritual needs of mothers having children with cancer aged 1–12 years old. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this qualitative study, the conventional content analysis approach was used. The research environment was three pediatric oncology wards of Amir Hospital in Shiraz, Iran. Data were collected from September 2019 to March 2020 through face-to-face semi-structured in-depth interviews. Fifteen participants including 12 mothers and 3 nurses were interviewed through purposive method considering maximal variation. The interviews were recorded, transcribed, and subjected to a qualitative analysis. Credibility, dependability, confirmability, and transferability of data were confirmed. RESULTS: The mean (± standard deviation) age of the mothers was 35.76 (±5.96) years old. The spiritual needs of the mothers were classified into three categories, including religious well-being, existential well-being, and growth and excellence as well as seven subcategories. Religious well-being included subcategories of direct and indirect connection with God, existential well-being included subcategories of need for hope, multifaceted support, and rethinking, growth, and excellence consisted of subcategories of devoting yourself and surrender. CONCLUSION: Mothers of children with cancer face important spiritual needs. Therefore, it is necessary for the treatment team to identify these needs and use them to provide appropriate spiritual care.

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Spiritual needs of mothers having children with cancer

Akaberian¹,

Momennasab²,

Yektatalab³

et al. 2021

Journal of Education and Health Promotion

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“…A espiritualidade pode ou não estar associada a uma religião específica. Em contraste, a "religiosidade" é mais formalizada e limitada àquelas crenças, práticas e rituais relacionados ao transcendente 5,6 . Muitas pessoas usam a religião para conforto e apoio quando enfrentam uma doença potencialmente fatal ou a procedimentos ditos de risco 7 .…”

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Fatores associados à religiosidade/espiritualidade em pacientes no pré-operatório

2022

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Objetivo: Identificar fatores associados à religiosidade/espiritualidade de pacientes em período pré-operatório. Métodos: estudo transversal no qual participaram 60 pacientes de ambos os sexos em período pré-operatório. Resultados: foram avaliados 43 homens (71,67%) e 17 mulheres (28,33%) com média de idade de 41 anos (±19,00). Entre os pacientes com baixa espiritualidade prevaleceram os do sexo masculino (1,27 [IC95% 0,55–2,91]), com idade menos que 60 anos (7,47 [IC95% [1,09–51,09]), de cor parda (3,40 [IC95%0,51–22,62]), desempregados (4,8 [IC95% 1,54–14,90]) e católicos 1,09 [IC95% 0,46–2,62]). Pacientes com idade inferior a 40 anos apresentaram uma prevalência aproximadamente duas vezes maior para uma baixa religiosidade/espiritualidade (2,54 [IC95% (1,11 – 6,11) ]). Por outro lado, pacientes que autodeclararam alguma filiação religiosa, a prevalência de baixa religiosidade/espiritualidade foi muito menor (0,46 [IC95% 0,25 – 0,85]). Conclusão: o estudo evidenciou que a filiação religiosa se mostrou como fator de proteção para baixa religiosidade/espiritualidade em pacientes no pré-operatório. Palavras-Chaves: Espiritualidade; Religião e Ciência; período pré-operatório; avaliação da pesquisa em saúde; centro cirúrgico hospitalar.

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“…Thus, they engage in private prayer and read the Bible for healing (McCabe, 2005). It has been noted that the faith of Catholics are different from that of Evangelical Christians; and this faith was used as a coping mechanism during the perioperative period (Hunsberger et al, 2014). For instance, a Catholic patient desires a visit from a Catholic Priest and an opportunity for "Holy Communion" and the "Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick" (McCabe, 2005;Multi-Faith Group for Healthcare Chaplaincy, 2005).…”

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Surgical Patients’ Perception of Spirituality on the Outcome of Surgery in Northern Ghana

Adugbire

Aziato

2020

J Holist Nurs

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Purpose: To explore surgical patients’ perception of spirituality on the outcome of surgeries in the northern part of Ghana. Methods: A qualitative explorative descriptive design was adopted for the study. A purposive sampling technique was used to recruit participants. Data were saturated with 15 participants aged between 23 and 65 years. All the interviews were audiotaped and transcribed verbatim. Data analysis was done using the processes of content analysis. Findings: Many participants felt that surgery was a threat to their lives, or felt that they may lose some parts of their body. Participants perceived spirituality (faith) to be a major contributor to their successful surgeries. Participants believed that God’s intervention had led to successful surgery outcomes for their surgeries. However, just a few of the participants stressed that they believed in the competencies of the various health professionals (doctors and nurses) for their successful surgeries. Conclusions: The study showed that surgical patients perceived threat, harm, or loss when they had to undergo surgery. Participants’ perceived that a successful surgical outcome will depend on divine intervention from their religious faith. Hence, nurses must observe patients’ spirituality and respect them during nursing care.

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Spirituality and Religiosity during the Perioperative Period for Cancer Patients and their Family: An Integrative Systematic Review

Cited by 8 publications

References 21 publications

Spiritual needs of mothers having children with cancer

Spiritual needs of mothers having children with cancer

Fatores associados à religiosidade/espiritualidade em pacientes no pré-operatório

Surgical Patients’ Perception of Spirituality on the Outcome of Surgery in Northern Ghana

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