Religious/spiritual coping and spiritual distress in people with cancer

• Autor(a) principal: Silva,Gabriela Cruz Noronha
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Reis,Dáfili Cristina dos, Miranda,Talita Prado Simão, Melo,Ruan Nilton Rodrigues, Coutinho,Mariana Aparecida Pereira, Paschoal,Gabriela dos Santos, Chaves,Érika de Cássia Lopes
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672019000601534
• topic: Spirituality; Religion; Religion and Science; Neoplasms; Nursing

ABSTRACT Objective: To investigate the relation between the presence of spiritual distress and use of RSC and sociodemographic, clinical and religious/spiritual variables in people with cancer. Method: Cross-sectional study conducted in an association for support to people with cancer. The data obtained with the tools were analyzed using the Spearman‘s correlation coefficient and the Mann-Whitney Test. Results: 129 volunteers participated in the study, of which 57% showed moderate spiritual distress, 96% used medium and high positive religious/spiritual coping. Spiritual distress showed positive correlation with negative religious/spiritual coping (P<0.001) and inverse correlation with age (p 0.002). The use of positive religious coping was statistically significant in people who have religious practices (p 0.001). Conclusão: Spiritual distress is a phenomenon that is present in the lives of people with cancer and has significant relation with the use, in a negative manner, of religion/spirituality as a way of coping with the disease.