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What Aspects of Religion and Spirituality Affect the Physical Health of Cancer Patients? A Systematic Review

In recent years, the literature on the relationship between religion and spirituality (R/S) and the health of cancer patients has been flourishing. Although most studies focus on mental health, many study the physical health of these individuals. In order to summarize the findings of these studies,...

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Autores principales: Almaraz, David, Saiz, Jesús, Moreno Martín, Florentino, Sánchez-Iglesias, Iván, Molina, Antonio J., Goldsby, Tamara L.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9408220/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36011104
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10081447
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author Almaraz, David
Saiz, Jesús
Moreno Martín, Florentino
Sánchez-Iglesias, Iván
Molina, Antonio J.
Goldsby, Tamara L.
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description In recent years, the literature on the relationship between religion and spirituality (R/S) and the health of cancer patients has been flourishing. Although most studies focus on mental health, many study the physical health of these individuals. In order to summarize the findings of these studies, we reviewed the most recent research on this subject using the PubMed and PsycInfo databases. The objective of this systematic review was to recognize the primary R/S variables studied in research on physical health in cancer contexts. We found that spiritual well-being was the most-researched variable in studies of these characteristics, followed by R/S struggles and other variables such as religious coping; religious commitment or practice; or self-rated R/S. In general, R/S seems to have a positive association with the physical health of cancer patients, although the results are quite heterogeneous, and occasionally there are no relationships or the association is negative. Our results may assist in improving interventions that include spirituality in clinical settings as well as the development of holistic approaches, which may have a positive impact on the quality of life and well-being of cancer patients.
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spelling pubmed-94082202022-08-26 What Aspects of Religion and Spirituality Affect the Physical Health of Cancer Patients? A Systematic Review Almaraz, David Saiz, Jesús Moreno Martín, Florentino Sánchez-Iglesias, Iván Molina, Antonio J. Goldsby, Tamara L. Healthcare (Basel) Review In recent years, the literature on the relationship between religion and spirituality (R/S) and the health of cancer patients has been flourishing. Although most studies focus on mental health, many study the physical health of these individuals. In order to summarize the findings of these studies, we reviewed the most recent research on this subject using the PubMed and PsycInfo databases. The objective of this systematic review was to recognize the primary R/S variables studied in research on physical health in cancer contexts. We found that spiritual well-being was the most-researched variable in studies of these characteristics, followed by R/S struggles and other variables such as religious coping; religious commitment or practice; or self-rated R/S. In general, R/S seems to have a positive association with the physical health of cancer patients, although the results are quite heterogeneous, and occasionally there are no relationships or the association is negative. Our results may assist in improving interventions that include spirituality in clinical settings as well as the development of holistic approaches, which may have a positive impact on the quality of life and well-being of cancer patients. MDPI 2022-08-02 /pmc/articles/PMC9408220/ /pubmed/36011104 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10081447 Text en © 2022 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/).
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