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Spirituality in Coping with Pain in Cancer Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study
Spirituality has been identified as an adaptive coping strategy and a predictor of better quality of life in cancer patients. Despite the relevance of spirituality in the health–disease process, it is noted that the assessment of the impact of spirituality in coping with pain is still incipient. The...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8701851/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34946397 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9121671 |
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author | Oliveira, Sharon Shyrley Weyll Vasconcelos, Rayzza Santos Amaral, Verônica Rabelo Santana Sousa, Hélder Fernando Pedrosa e Dinis, Maria Alzira Pimenta Vidal, Diogo Guedes Sá, Katia Nunes |
author_facet | Oliveira, Sharon Shyrley Weyll Vasconcelos, Rayzza Santos Amaral, Verônica Rabelo Santana Sousa, Hélder Fernando Pedrosa e Dinis, Maria Alzira Pimenta Vidal, Diogo Guedes Sá, Katia Nunes |
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description | Spirituality has been identified as an adaptive coping strategy and a predictor of better quality of life in cancer patients. Despite the relevance of spirituality in the health–disease process, it is noted that the assessment of the impact of spirituality in coping with pain is still incipient. The objective of this study is to assess the impact of spirituality in coping with pain in cancer patients. This quantitative cross-sectional study was carried out in a medium-sized hospital and a cancer patient support institution located in northeastern Brazil. A questionnaire with sociodemographic and clinical variables was used and the following instruments were applied: Visual Analogue Scale (VAS); Short-Form McGill Pain Questionnaire (SF-MPQ); Neuropathic Pain 4 Questions (DN4); Spiritual Wellbeing Scale (SWBS); WHOQOL Spirituality, Religiousness and Personal Beliefs (WHOQOL-SRPB). Most people with no pain had higher scores on the SWBS. Neuropathic pain was identified in 23 patients and was associated with the highest level of spirituality used as a way of coping with pain. As faith increases, pain decreases in intensity by 0.394 points. On the other hand, as inner peace increases, pain increases by 1.485 points. It is concluded that faith is a strategy for coping with pain, in particular neuropathic pain, minimizing its intensity. On the other hand, greater levels of inner peace allow to increase the awareness of the painful sensation. It is expected that these findings may be useful to integrate spirituality care in healthcare facilities as a resource for positive coping for people in the process of becoming ill, contributing to the therapeutic path and favouring a new meaning to the experience of the disease. |
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spelling | pubmed-87018512021-12-24 Spirituality in Coping with Pain in Cancer Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study Oliveira, Sharon Shyrley Weyll Vasconcelos, Rayzza Santos Amaral, Verônica Rabelo Santana Sousa, Hélder Fernando Pedrosa e Dinis, Maria Alzira Pimenta Vidal, Diogo Guedes Sá, Katia Nunes Healthcare (Basel) Article Spirituality has been identified as an adaptive coping strategy and a predictor of better quality of life in cancer patients. Despite the relevance of spirituality in the health–disease process, it is noted that the assessment of the impact of spirituality in coping with pain is still incipient. The objective of this study is to assess the impact of spirituality in coping with pain in cancer patients. This quantitative cross-sectional study was carried out in a medium-sized hospital and a cancer patient support institution located in northeastern Brazil. A questionnaire with sociodemographic and clinical variables was used and the following instruments were applied: Visual Analogue Scale (VAS); Short-Form McGill Pain Questionnaire (SF-MPQ); Neuropathic Pain 4 Questions (DN4); Spiritual Wellbeing Scale (SWBS); WHOQOL Spirituality, Religiousness and Personal Beliefs (WHOQOL-SRPB). Most people with no pain had higher scores on the SWBS. Neuropathic pain was identified in 23 patients and was associated with the highest level of spirituality used as a way of coping with pain. As faith increases, pain decreases in intensity by 0.394 points. On the other hand, as inner peace increases, pain increases by 1.485 points. It is concluded that faith is a strategy for coping with pain, in particular neuropathic pain, minimizing its intensity. On the other hand, greater levels of inner peace allow to increase the awareness of the painful sensation. It is expected that these findings may be useful to integrate spirituality care in healthcare facilities as a resource for positive coping for people in the process of becoming ill, contributing to the therapeutic path and favouring a new meaning to the experience of the disease. MDPI 2021-12-02 /pmc/articles/PMC8701851/ /pubmed/34946397 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9121671 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Oliveira, Sharon Shyrley Weyll Vasconcelos, Rayzza Santos Amaral, Verônica Rabelo Santana Sousa, Hélder Fernando Pedrosa e Dinis, Maria Alzira Pimenta Vidal, Diogo Guedes Sá, Katia Nunes Spirituality in Coping with Pain in Cancer Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study |
title | Spirituality in Coping with Pain in Cancer Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study |
title_full | Spirituality in Coping with Pain in Cancer Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study |
title_fullStr | Spirituality in Coping with Pain in Cancer Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Spirituality in Coping with Pain in Cancer Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study |
title_short | Spirituality in Coping with Pain in Cancer Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study |
title_sort | spirituality in coping with pain in cancer patients: a cross-sectional study |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8701851/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34946397 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9121671 |
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