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Between spiritual wellbeing and spiritual distress: possible related factors in elderly patients with cancer
OBJECTIVE: this article describes the assessment of the spiritual wellbeing of elderly patients with cancer submitted to chemotherapy and possible predictive factors of the spiritual distress diagnosis. METHODOLOGY: this is a methodological study for clinical validation of a nursing diagnosis, using...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4292693/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24553700 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0104-1169.3073.2382 |
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author | Caldeira, Sílvia de Carvalho, Emilia Campos Vieira, Margarida |
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description | OBJECTIVE: this article describes the assessment of the spiritual wellbeing of elderly patients with cancer submitted to chemotherapy and possible predictive factors of the spiritual distress diagnosis. METHODOLOGY: this is a methodological study for clinical validation of a nursing diagnosis, using interviews to assist in completing the form. RESULTS: 45 elderly patients participated in this study, Catholics, mostly female, diagnosed with breast cancer, average age of 70.3 years. The prevalence of spiritual distress was of 42%; 24.4% of the elderly patients were under anti-depressant medication. A significant association was noted between spiritual distress, anti-depressant medication and level of education; an increase (not significant) was acknowledged at the start of the treatment. CONCLUSION: these results emphasize the relevance of clarifying this diagnosis and the responsibility of nurses to provide spiritual care to patients. Interventions should be planned appropriately every time a nursing diagnosis is identified as a complex answer and for which pharmacological treatment is not sufficient. |
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spelling | pubmed-42926932015-01-26 Between spiritual wellbeing and spiritual distress: possible related factors in elderly patients with cancer Caldeira, Sílvia de Carvalho, Emilia Campos Vieira, Margarida Rev Lat Am Enfermagem Original Articles OBJECTIVE: this article describes the assessment of the spiritual wellbeing of elderly patients with cancer submitted to chemotherapy and possible predictive factors of the spiritual distress diagnosis. METHODOLOGY: this is a methodological study for clinical validation of a nursing diagnosis, using interviews to assist in completing the form. RESULTS: 45 elderly patients participated in this study, Catholics, mostly female, diagnosed with breast cancer, average age of 70.3 years. The prevalence of spiritual distress was of 42%; 24.4% of the elderly patients were under anti-depressant medication. A significant association was noted between spiritual distress, anti-depressant medication and level of education; an increase (not significant) was acknowledged at the start of the treatment. CONCLUSION: these results emphasize the relevance of clarifying this diagnosis and the responsibility of nurses to provide spiritual care to patients. Interventions should be planned appropriately every time a nursing diagnosis is identified as a complex answer and for which pharmacological treatment is not sufficient. Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto / Universidade de São Paulo 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4292693/ /pubmed/24553700 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0104-1169.3073.2382 Text en Copyright © 2014 Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (CC BY-NC). This license lets others distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your work non-commercially, and although their new works must also acknowledge you and be non-commercial, they don’t have to license their derivative works on the same terms. |
spellingShingle | Original Articles Caldeira, Sílvia de Carvalho, Emilia Campos Vieira, Margarida Between spiritual wellbeing and spiritual distress: possible related factors in elderly patients with cancer |
title | Between spiritual wellbeing and spiritual distress: possible related
factors in elderly patients with cancer |
title_full | Between spiritual wellbeing and spiritual distress: possible related
factors in elderly patients with cancer |
title_fullStr | Between spiritual wellbeing and spiritual distress: possible related
factors in elderly patients with cancer |
title_full_unstemmed | Between spiritual wellbeing and spiritual distress: possible related
factors in elderly patients with cancer |
title_short | Between spiritual wellbeing and spiritual distress: possible related
factors in elderly patients with cancer |
title_sort | between spiritual wellbeing and spiritual distress: possible related
factors in elderly patients with cancer |
topic | Original Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4292693/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24553700 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0104-1169.3073.2382 |
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