HOPE AND SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING IN IRANIAN PATIENTS UNDERGOING CHEMOTHERAPY
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 27
Abstract
BACKGROUND Cancer is a major well-being problem worldwide. Chemotherapy is one of the main therapeutic and systemic interventions of cancer. Hope is one of the most important factors in battling against cancer and its complication. During the experience of living with cancer, despite the fact that hope is threatened, the search for purpose and meaning of life continues and in this regard the role of spiritual well-being as an important aspect of leading a healthy life is significant. Aim: This study is aimed to investigate hope and spiritual well-being in patients undergoing chemotherapy and it is a descriptive study. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study is descriptive and its population included all patients admitted to Tohid Hospital. Inclusion criteria included undergoing chemotherapy, aged 18 and more, Muslim, awareness of disease and treatment, lack of mental illness, being hospitalised in the Oncology and Chemotherapy Tohid Medical Centre and willingness to participate in the study. According to the formula of sample size, it was estimated to be 97 patients. Convenience sampling methods was used and the data were collected in 6 months from October to March, 2015 - 2016. RESULTS In this study, 97 patients undergoing chemotherapy were evaluated. The average of hope was 2.84 ± 0.38 and the average of spiritual well-being was 4.22 ± 0.61, which was more than the average level in both cases. The average of religious well-being was 4.48 ± 0.65 and the average of existential well-being was 3.92 ± 0.68. Results showed 8 patients (3.8%) had high spiritual wellbeing (100 - 120 scores) and 87 (90.6%) patients had moderate spiritual well-being with (41 - 99 score). The findings also showed a negative correlation between hope and the original diagnosis time of disease (p= -0.19, r= 0.046). Also, there was a negative correlation between spiritual well-being and the original time of disease diagnosis (p= -0.15, r= 0.13). In other cases including age, place of residence, type of cancer and non-chemotherapy measure, there was not a significant relationship between hope and spiritual well-being among the groups (p > 0/05). CONCLUSION There was a direct correlation between hope and spiritual well-being (r= 0.36, p= 0.0001). Playing supportive and consulting role, oncology nurses should attempt to promote the dimension of care and hope, particularly in female patients with holistic care approach emphasising the spiritual aspect.
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Mohammad Fathi, Hero Hamzepour, John Gammon, Daem Roshani, Sina Valiee
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