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The Meaning of Healing to Adult Patients with Advanced Cancer
Background: This study aimed to explore the meaning of healing from the perspective of adult patients with advanced cancer. Methods: We conducted a secondary analysis of data from a primary study which used a cognitive interview approach to assess the face and content validity of a spiritual and psy...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9861899/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36674226 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20021474 |
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author | Namisango, Eve Luyirika, Emmanuel B. K. Matovu, Lawrence Berger, Ann |
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description | Background: This study aimed to explore the meaning of healing from the perspective of adult patients with advanced cancer. Methods: We conducted a secondary analysis of data from a primary study which used a cognitive interview approach to assess the face and content validity of a spiritual and psychological healing measure (NIH-HEALS). This analysis focused on responses to the question, “What does the term ‘healing’ mean to you?” Data were de-identified, transcribed verbatim, and imported in NVivo for thematic analysis in line with interpretive phenomenological methods. Results: Thirty-five adults with advanced cancer participated in the study. We identified nine major themes: acceptance, surrender, faith, hope, peace, freedom from suffering (e.g., pain, problems, or other bothersome factors), overcoming/transcending disease, positive emotions (e.g., happiness), recovery from illness or disease. One participant discussed healing as synonymous with death, and two associated it with social relations and social support. Conclusion: Themes from patients’ responses suggest subjective and varied definitions of healing which encompass physical, social, spiritual, and psychological domains of well-being, distinct from the physical cure of disease. Clinicians should adopt a holistic, person-centered approach to care, attending to bodily, psychosocial, spiritual, and emotional needs to help patients find meaning in their experiences, nourish resilience, and experience a sense of healing—as they define it. |
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spelling | pubmed-98618992023-01-22 The Meaning of Healing to Adult Patients with Advanced Cancer Namisango, Eve Luyirika, Emmanuel B. K. Matovu, Lawrence Berger, Ann Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Background: This study aimed to explore the meaning of healing from the perspective of adult patients with advanced cancer. Methods: We conducted a secondary analysis of data from a primary study which used a cognitive interview approach to assess the face and content validity of a spiritual and psychological healing measure (NIH-HEALS). This analysis focused on responses to the question, “What does the term ‘healing’ mean to you?” Data were de-identified, transcribed verbatim, and imported in NVivo for thematic analysis in line with interpretive phenomenological methods. Results: Thirty-five adults with advanced cancer participated in the study. We identified nine major themes: acceptance, surrender, faith, hope, peace, freedom from suffering (e.g., pain, problems, or other bothersome factors), overcoming/transcending disease, positive emotions (e.g., happiness), recovery from illness or disease. One participant discussed healing as synonymous with death, and two associated it with social relations and social support. Conclusion: Themes from patients’ responses suggest subjective and varied definitions of healing which encompass physical, social, spiritual, and psychological domains of well-being, distinct from the physical cure of disease. Clinicians should adopt a holistic, person-centered approach to care, attending to bodily, psychosocial, spiritual, and emotional needs to help patients find meaning in their experiences, nourish resilience, and experience a sense of healing—as they define it. MDPI 2023-01-13 /pmc/articles/PMC9861899/ /pubmed/36674226 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20021474 Text en © 2023 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 Namisango, Eve Luyirika, Emmanuel B. K. Matovu, Lawrence Berger, Ann The Meaning of Healing to Adult Patients with Advanced Cancer |
title | The Meaning of Healing to Adult Patients with Advanced Cancer |
title_full | The Meaning of Healing to Adult Patients with Advanced Cancer |
title_fullStr | The Meaning of Healing to Adult Patients with Advanced Cancer |
title_full_unstemmed | The Meaning of Healing to Adult Patients with Advanced Cancer |
title_short | The Meaning of Healing to Adult Patients with Advanced Cancer |
title_sort | meaning of healing to adult patients with advanced cancer |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9861899/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36674226 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20021474 |
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