Religious/spiritual coping and level of hope in patients with cancer in chemotherapy

ABSTRACT Aim: To demonstrate the relationship between religious/spiritual coping and hope in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. Method: This is a cross-sectional, descriptive study with a quantitative approach performed in a reference outpatient clinic in Caruaru, PE, between August and October 2017. A total of 82 cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy were included in the study, using the brief religious/spiritual coping scale (RCOPE-Brief) and the Herth Hope Scale (HHS). Results: The sample presented mean positive RCOPE scores (3.03 ± 0.41) and the level of hope was considered high (42.7 points ± 3.67). Patients who had a high RCOPE score were found to have a higher mean of Herth’s level of hope (44.12 points). Conclusion: This study becomes relevant to nursing professionals by encouraging care that takes into account the patient’s spiritual dimension in order to stimulate positive mechanisms of religious coping and, consequently, raise the levels of hope.

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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OCCUPATIONAL STRESSORS AND COPING STRATEGIES IN NURSING TECHNICIANS

Texto & Contexto - Enfermagem ◽

10.1590/0104-07072016002920014 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 25 (4) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Sandra de Souza Pereira ◽

Carla Araujo Bastos Teixeira ◽

Emilene Reisdorfer ◽

Mariana Verderoce Vieira ◽

Edilaine Cristina da Silva Gherardi-Donato ◽

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Keyword(s):

Coping Strategies ◽

Exploratory Research ◽

Occupational Stressors ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Coping Scale ◽

Cross Sectional Design ◽

Quantitative Descriptive ◽

And Coping ◽

Nursing Professionals ◽

The Relationship

ABSTRACT This is a quantitative, descriptive and exploratory research, with cross-sectional design that investigated the stressors experienced by nursing technicians working in general hospital and identified the coping strategies most used by them. The sample contained 310 participants. A sociodemographic questionnaire and the Ways of Coping Scale were used. For the analysis we used descriptive statistics and calculated the Cronbach's alpha. 60% of professionals used the strategies focused on the problem; 57.4% attributed their stress to working conditions, 26.8% to relationships in the workplace, 5.5% to the lack of reward at work and only 0.6% to problems personal. We conclude that strategies focused on the problems were the most used, indicating an approximation of the stressor in order to fix it. The identified stressors indicate the need for planning, stimulating and recognizing nursing professionals.

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Hubungan Perilaku Caring Perawat Dengan Tingkat Harapan Sembuh Pada Pasien Kanker Yang Menjalani Program Kemoterapi Di Rumah Sakit Baladhika Husada Jember

Buletin Penelitian Sistem Kesehatan ◽

10.22435/hsr.v23i3.3123 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 23 (3) ◽

pp. 169-177

Author(s):

Alvinda Apriliatul Jannah ◽

Anisah Ardiana ◽

Retno Purwandari

Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

Cancer Patients ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Patient Comfort ◽

P Value ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Patients With Cancer ◽

Caring Behavior ◽

Nurse Caring ◽

The Relationship

Hope is a crucial issue in patients with cancer. Hope can be increased by providing social support. Social support can be obtained from the nurses caring behavior. This research aimed to analyze the relationship between nurses caring behavior and recovery hope level of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy program at Baladhika Husada Hospital in Jember. A cross-sectional study was conducted to 112 respondents using the Caring Behavior Inventory (CBI-24) questionnaire and Scale of Hope. The data were analyzed applying the Kendall Tau B (τ) correlation. The results showed that there was a relationship between nurses caring behavior with the level of recovery expectancy of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy programs at Baladhika Husada Hospital in Jember (p-value <0.001; τ = 0.375). Nurse caring behavior increases patient comfort and makes patients more enthusiastic about undergoing therapy. Patients feel valued and get more information from nurses. Therefore, the patient's recovery hopes can increase. This study concludes that nurses caring behavior can increase the expectation of recovery of cancer patients. Abstrak Harapan adalah hal krusial pada pasien kanker. Harapan dapat ditingkatkan dengan pemberian dukungan sosial yang bisa didapat dari perilaku caring perawat. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk menganalisis hubungan perilaku caring perawat dengan tingkat harapan sembuh pasien kanker yang menjalani program kemoterapi di Rumah Sakit Baladhika Husada Jember. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode cross sectional dan 112 responden didapatkan dengan teknik sampel purposive samping. Data didapatkan melalui kuesioner CBI-24 dan kuesioner skala harapan. Analisis pada penelitian ini menggunakan uji korelasi Kendall Tau B (τ). Hasil menunjukkan terdapat hubungan antara perilaku caring perawat dengan tingkat harapan sembuh pasien kanker yang menjalani program kemoterapi di Rumah Sakit Baladhika Husada Jember (p value < 0,001; τ = 0,375). Perilaku caring perawat dapat meningkatkan kenyamanan pasien dan membuat pasien lebih semangat menjalankan terapi yang dijalani. Pasien merasa dinilai dan mendapatkan informasi lebih dari perawat. Maka dari itu, harapan sembuh pasien dapat meningkat. Kesimpulan dari penelitian ini adalah perilaku caring perawat dapat meningkatkan harapan sembuh pasien kanker.

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The use of religious/spiritual coping among patients with cancer undergoing chemotherapy treatment

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem ◽

10.1590/s0104-11692013000200010 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 21 (2) ◽

pp. 539-545 ◽

Cited By ~ 26

Author(s):

Ana Cláudia Mesquita ◽

Érika de Cássia Lopes Chaves ◽

Carolina Costa Valcanti Avelino ◽

Denismar Alves Nogueira ◽

Raquel Gerhke Panzini ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Support Groups ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Spiritual Coping ◽

Spiritual Support ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

First Semester ◽

Patients With Cancer ◽

Coping With Cancer ◽

Coping Scale ◽

Quantitative Descriptive

OBJECTIVE: to investigate the use of religious/spiritual coping among people with cancer undergoing chemotherapy. METHODS: a quantitative, descriptive and cross-sectional study of 101 patients undergoing intravenous chemotherapy in an oncology outpatients center in a public hospital in Minas Gerais, made in the first semester of 2011. For data collection, an interview was held, using a questionnaire for characterizing the sample and the Brief Spiritual/Religious Coping Scale. RESULTS: all subjects made use of religious/spiritual coping (mean=3.67; sd=0.37); the younger individuals, those with no religion and those who consider spiritual support unimportant tend to use coping negatively; individuals who would like to receive spiritual support and who participate in support groups for cancer patients, on the other hand, use coping positively. CONCLUSIONS: the study reinforces that religious/spiritual coping is an important strategy for coping with cancer, and contributes to an understanding of the same as a useful tool for spiritual care.

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The trends of complementary alternative medicine use among cancer patients

BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies ◽

10.1186/s12906-021-03338-7 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Abdul Rahman Jazieh ◽

Khadega A. Abuelgasim ◽

Husam I. Ardah ◽

Mohammad Alkaiyat ◽

Omar B. Da’ar

Keyword(s):

Alternative Medicine ◽

Cancer Patients ◽

Clinical Information ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Complementary Alternative Medicine ◽

Cultural Changes ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Patients With Cancer ◽

Cam Use ◽

The Individual

Abstract Background The use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is common among cancer patients and it may reflect the individual and societal beliefs on cancer therapy. Our study aimed to evaluate the trends of CAM use among patients with cancer between 2006 and 2018. Methods We included 2 Cohorts of patients with cancer who were recruited for Cohort 1 between 2006 and 2008 and for Cohort 2 between 2016 and 2018. The study is a cross-sectional study obtaining demographic and clinical information and inquiring about the types of CAM used, the reasons to use them and the perceived benefits. We compared the changes in the patterns of CAM use and other variables between the two cohorts. Results A total of 1416 patients were included in the study, with 464 patients in Cohort 1 and 952 patients in Cohort 2. Patients in Cohort 2 used less CAM (78.9%) than Cohort 1 (96.8%). Cohort 1 was more likely to use CAM to treat cancer compared to Cohort 2 (84.4% vs. 73%, respectively, p < 0.0001,); while Cohort 2 used CAM for symptom management such as pain control and improving appetite among others. Disclosure of CAM use did not change significantly over time and remains low (31.6% in Cohort 1 and 35.7% for Cohort 2). However, physicians were more likely to express an opposing opinion against CAM use in Cohort 2 compared to Cohort 1 (48.7% vs. 19.1%, p < 0.001, respectively). Conclusion There is a significant change in CAM use among cancer patients over the decade, which reflects major societal and cultural changes in this population. Further studies and interventions are needed to improve the disclosure to physicians and to improve other aspects of care to these patients.

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The relationship of self-acceptance with decision making duration in cancer patient to perform mastectomy

Breast Disease ◽

10.3233/bd-219016 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-5

Author(s):

Ayu Ratuati Setiawan ◽

Feny Tunjungsari ◽

Mochamad Aleq Sander

Keyword(s):

Breast Cancer ◽

Decision Making ◽

Cancer Patients ◽

Breast Cancer Patients ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Abnormal Growth ◽

Self Acceptance ◽

Observation Method ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship

BACKGROUND: Cancer is a disease caused by abnormal growth of body cells that turn malignant and continue to grow uncontrollably. One of the treatments for breast cancer is mastectomy. The quickness of decision-making determines the survival rate of prognosis patients. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to determine the relationship of self-acceptance with decision-making duration in cancer patients to perform a mastectomy. METHODS: An analytic observation method with cross-sectional design. The samples were taken by purposive sampling method with 50 samples of breast cancer patients. Data collected include age, last level of education, marital status, profession, stage of cancer during mastectomy, self-acceptance score, and decision-making duration to perform a mastectomy. RESULTS: The data analyzed with the Kruskal–Wallis test. The test showed the relationship of self-acceptance (p = 0.027) with decision-making duration in breast cancer patients to perform a mastectomy. CONCLUSION: In Conclusion, there is a relationship of self-acceptance with decision-making duration in breast cancer patients to perform a mastectomy.

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Nursing professionals' anxiety and feelings in terminal situations in oncology

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem ◽

10.1590/s0104-11692007000600012 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 15 (6) ◽

pp. 1131-1137 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Daniella Antunes Pousa Faria ◽

Eulália Maria Chaves Maia

Keyword(s):

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Nursing Assistants ◽

State Trait Anxiety Inventory ◽

High Anxiety ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Patients With Cancer ◽

Support Strategies ◽

Number Of Patients ◽

Anxiety Levels ◽

Nursing Professionals

This study aimed to investigate, through a cross-sectional study, factors that influence anxiety levels and feelings of a nursing team who care for terminal patients with cancer. The sample consisted of 50 Nursing Assistants and Technicians from the Hospital reference on cancer care in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Data were collected through the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. Results showed that 69.8% of the professionals have medium anxiety levels and 30.2% have high levels of anxiety. The Number of Patients attended and "Working in another Institution" interfered in the anxiety levels. The most remarkable professionals' feelings were suffering and sadness, and Child was the most difficult age group to care for. Studies which develop support strategies to those health professionals are necessary to reduce and/or to prevent high anxiety and stress levels.

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MINORS ON TRIAL FOR CRIME: VIEW OF THE CHILD PSYCHIATRIST IN JUDICIAL ENVIRONMENT IN BENIN

International Journal of Research -GRANTHAALAYAH ◽

10.29121/granthaalayah.v8.i1.2020.269 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 213-220

Author(s):

L Anagonou ◽

Houinou Ebo B ◽

F Adeossi ◽

E Klikpo ◽

S Salifou ◽

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Keyword(s):

Juvenile Court ◽

Descriptive Study ◽

Poor Quality ◽

Child Psychiatrist ◽

Court Ruling ◽

Prison Sentence ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Opposite Sex ◽

Criminal Matters ◽

The Relationship

The developmental path of the minor may be marked by particular situations such as conflicts with the law, various crimes. The situations, contexts and processes that lead to crime are multiple. Thus, the aim of our research was to study the characteristics of minors judged for crime, seen in a judicial space. This was a retrospective, cross-sectional, descriptive study carried out at the Cotonou First Instance Court. Data were collected from the judicial files of minors tried for crime by the juvenile court ruling on criminal matters from 1 January 2011 to 31 December 2015; 34 files were taken into account. The respondents were all adolescents aged between 10 and 18 years. The majority of them were tried for homicide (61.7%) and rape (32.4%). For 35.3% of the minors tried for crime, the relationship with opposite sex parent had poor quality. These minors received a firm prison sentence (88.2%), and 11.8% of them were placed in a foster centre without receiving a prison sentence. Crimes committed by minors calls into question our ability to supervise and provide a safe and appropriate framework for the psychological construction of children and adolescents in our society. Measures should be taken in terms of prevention at various levels to reduce the risk of children developing criminal behaviour.

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The Relationship of Spiritual Coping with Resilience and Perceived Stress: Validation of the Dutch Spiritual Coping Questionnaire

Spiritual Psychology and Counseling ◽

10.37898/spc.2019.4.2.0063 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 93-108

Author(s):

Lilian Jans-Beken

Keyword(s):

Religious Coping ◽

Perceived Stress ◽

Scale Validation ◽

Psychological Research ◽

Spiritual Coping ◽

Health Issues ◽

Resilience Scale ◽

Negative Religious Coping ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship

The aim of this study is to translate and validate the Spiritual Coping Questionnaire in Dutch (SCQ-nl), compare this questionnaire with a religious coping questionnaire, and assess the levels of religious and spiritual coping in association to resilience and perceived stress because these are important determinants in mental health issues. The Dutch-speaking respondents (N = 651, Mage = 45, SDage = 14, range = 18-80) answered the SCQ, Brief RCOPE, Perceived Stress Scale, and Brief Resilience Scale. Validation of the SCQ shows it to be a reliable and valid questionnaire for assessing positive and negative spiritual coping in Dutch-speaking individuals. Although the positive and negative religious coping scales are associated with positive and negative spiritual coping questionnaires, religious coping was not predictive of perceived stress or resilience. Multiple regression analyses demonstrate positive spiritual coping to be associated with lower perceived stress and higher resilience levels and negative spiritual coping to be associated with higher perceived stress and lower resilience levels in Dutch-speaking individuals. The outcome of this study is that the SCQ-nl is a valid and reliable measure for assessing positive and negative spiritual coping in scientific psychological research and descriptively in clinical practice.

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Oxidative stress and plasma lipoproteins in cancer patients

Einstein (São Paulo) ◽

10.1590/s1679-45082014rc3110 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 12 (4) ◽

pp. 480-484 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Fernanda Maria Machado Maia ◽

Emanuelly Barbosa Santos ◽

Germana Elias Reis

Keyword(s):

Oxidative Stress ◽

Lipid Profile ◽

Total Cholesterol ◽

Cancer Patients ◽

Thiobarbituric Acid ◽

Plasma Lipoproteins ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Patients With Cancer ◽

Group 2 ◽

Group 1

Objective To evaluate the relation between oxidative stress and lipid profile in patients with different types of cancer.Methods This was an observational cross-sectional. A total of 58 subjects were evaluated, 33 males, divided into two groups of 29 patients each: Group 1, patients with cancer of the digestive tract and accessory organs; Group 2 patients with other types of cancers, all admitted to a public hospital. The plasma levels (lipoproteins and total cholesterol, HDL, and triglycerides, for example) were analyzed by enzymatic kits, and oxidative stress based on thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances, by assessing the formation of malondialdehyde.Results In general the levels of malondialdehyde of patients were high (5.00μM) as compared to 3.31μM for healthy individuals. The median values of lipids exhibited normal triacylglycerol (138.78±89.88mg/dL), desirable total cholesterol values (163.04±172.38mg/dL), borderline high LDL (151.30±178.25mg/dL) and low HDL (31.70±22.74mg/dL). Median HDL levels in Group 1 were lower (31.32mg/dL) than the cancer patients in Group 2 (43.67mg/dL) (p=0.038). Group 1 also showed higher levels of oxidative stress (p=0.027).Conclusion The lipid profile of patients with cancer was not favorable, which seems to have contributed to higher lipid peroxidation rate, generating a significant oxidative stress.

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Influence of Personality Traits and Its Interaction with the Phenomenon of Bullying: Multi-Centre Descriptive Study

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph17010172 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

pp. 172

Author(s):

Manuel Pabón-Carrasco ◽

Lucia Ramirez-Baena ◽

Nerea Jiménez-Picón ◽

José Antonio Ponce Blandón ◽

José Manuel Martínez-Montilla ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Correlation Analysis ◽

Personality Traits ◽

Social Behaviour ◽

Descriptive Study ◽

Risk Profile ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

The Relationship ◽

Observational Descriptive Study

Bullying affects thousands of teenagers worldwide and has devastating consequences. Various studies suggest that the personality of teenagers is a risk profile for bullying. The aim of this study was to analyse the relationship between the personality of teenagers aged 14 to 16 years from three education centres located in the province of Seville (Spain) and bullying in any of its victim or aggressor roles. A multi-centre cross-sectional observational descriptive study was conducted in three education centres in the province of Seville (Spain). The sample consisted of 93 students. In order to measure the two main variables, the Bull-S test was used for bullying, and the EPQ-J questionnaire was used for personality traits. A descriptive and correlation analysis was performed between variables. The results showed that 14% (n = 13) of the sample were detected as victims and another 14% (n = 13) were detected as aggressors. Statistically significant differences were found between neuroticism (p = 0.044; Phi = 0.615), sincerity (p = 0.016; V de Cramer = 0.474), and anti-social behaviour (p = 0.007; Phi = 0.620) with the variables victim/aggressor. Bullies are typically males who score high on neuroticism and anti-social behaviour, with a tendency towards social dissimulation.

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