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The Spiritual Wellbeings of Cancer Patients in Turkey and Affecting Variables

Year 2023, Volume: 14 Issue: 2, 147 - 154, 17.03.2023
https://doi.org/10.31067/acusaglik.1217464

Abstract

Background/Purpose:: Spirituality has so many advantage such as preventing ,healing and dealing with illness and also furthering health. This searching aims to identify cancer patient’s spiritual wellbeing conditions and their spiritual care necessity and also draw attention to spirituality when care is planned.
Methods: The population are made up of 100 patients who are treated in hematology – oncology clinic in …………………..University Health Practice And Research Hospital. The study data was collected by using the ‘’Questionnaire for Identifying the Spiritual Well-Beings of Patients Diagnosed with Cancer’’ and ECOG Performance Scale. The descriptive statistical methods were used for evaluation of data; the nonparametric tests (Mann-Whitney U test, Kruskal Wallis H test) were used since the survey and sub-dimensions did not show a normal distribution.
Results: When it is examined how the patients in high level, 66.0 percent of patients have always the same spiritual necessity with the diagnosis, 39.0 percent of patients pray being a spiritual necessity, 85.0 percent of patients don’t share any spiritual necessity with healthcare personnels. With the results of the highest susceptibility and the lowest specificity, is identified being 2.47 break point. According to this point, the spiritual wellbeing level of patients who take part in this searching is found in the highest degree with 2.53.
Conclusion:According to these results; it is detected that our patients have the highest spiritual wellbeing status but they are not able to talk enough with the healthcare
professionals.

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Year 2023, Volume: 14 Issue: 2, 147 - 154, 17.03.2023
https://doi.org/10.31067/acusaglik.1217464

Abstract

Project Number

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References

  • Mordiyano MNS, Songwathans P, Petpichetchian W. Spritüality intervention and qutcomes: corner stone of holistic nursing practice. Nurs Media J Nurs. 2011; 1(1):117-127.
  • Mazières J, Pujol JL, Kalampalikis N, et al. Perception of lung cancer among the general population and comparison with other cancers. J Thorac Oncol.. 2015;10(3):420-5.
  • Taylor EJ. Spiritual Needs Of Patients With Cancer And Family Caregivers, Cancer Nursing. 2003; 26(4), 260-266.
  • Uğurlu ES. Hemşirelikte Manevi Bakımın Uygulanması. Acıbadem Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi. 2014; 5(3):187-191.
  • Surbone A, Baider L. The spritüel dimension of cancer care. Critical Rewiews in Oncology. 2010; 73: 228- 235.
  • Kang J, Shin DW, Choi JY, et al. Addressing the religious and spiritual needs of dying patients by healthcare staffin Korea: patient perspectives in a multi-religious Asian country. Psychooncology. 2012; 21(4):374-81.
  • Uğurlu ES, Başbakkal Z. Spiritual Care Requirements of the Mothers of the Hospitalized Children in Intensive Care Units. Journal of the Turkish Society of Intensive Care. 2013; 11(1): 17-24.
  • Wong KF, Yau S. Nurses' experiences in spirituality and spiritual care in Hong Kong. Applied Nursing Research. 2009; 23(4):242-244.
  • Dedeli O, Yıldız E, Yüksel Ş. Assessing the Spritüel Needs and Practices of Oncology Patients in Turkey. Holist Nurs Pract. 2015; 29(2):103-13.
  • Calderia S, Timmins F, Carvalho CE, Vieira M. Spritüel Well- Being and Spritual Distress in Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy: Utilizing the SWBQ as Component of Holistic Nursing Diagnosis. J Relign. Health. 2017; 56(4): 1489- 1502.
  • Seyedrasooly A, Rahmani A, Zamanzadeh V., et al. Association between Perception of Prognosis and Spiritual Well-being among Cancer Patients. J Caring Sci.. 2014; 3(1): 47–55.
  • Yılmaz M. Holistik bakımın bir boyutu: spiritualite, doğası ve hemşirelikle ilişkisi. Anadolu Hemşirelik ve Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi. 2011; 14: 2.
  • Çelik AS, Ozdemir F, Durmaz, H, Pasinlioğlu T. Hemşirelerin Maneviyat ve Manevi Bakımı Algılama Düzeyleri ve Etkileyen Bazı Faktörlerin Belirlenmesi. Hacettepe Üniversitesi Hemşirelik Fakültesi Dergisi. 2014; 1–12.
  • http://ecog-acrin.org/resources/ecog-performance-status
  • Yazgan EO. Kemoterapi Alan Kanser Hastalarında Dini İnanç Ve Maneviyatın Depresyon Düzeyi Ve Yaşam Kalitesine Etkisinin Belirlenmesi. Ankara Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Enstitüsü Hemşirelik Anabilim Dalı, Yüksek Lisans Tezi, Ankara, Türkiye. 2014.
  • Dehghani Z. Impact of prayer on spritüel well being in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. Paper presented at: Third International Congress on Supportive and Pallative Car in Cancer. 2011; Tehran, Iran.
  • Phelps AC, Maciejewski PK, Nilsson M, et al. Religious coping and use of intensive life prololing care near death in patients with advanced cancer. JAMA. 2009; 301(11):1140-7
  • Koenig GH, George KL, Titus P, Meador GK. Religion, spirituality and acute care hospitalization and long term care use by older patients. Arch Intern Med. 2004; 164(14):1579-85
  • Eğlence R, Şimşek N.Hemşirelerin Maneviyat ve Manevi Bakım Hakkındaki Bilgilerinin Değerlendirilmesi. Acıbadem Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi. 2014; 5(1):48-53.
  • Uygur D. Hemşirelerin Spiritüalite ve Spiritüel Bakım Algısının Belirlenmesi ve İş Doyumu ile Arasındaki İlişkinin İncelenmesi. Abant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Enstitüsü Hemşirelik Anabilim Dalı, Yüksek Lisans Tezi,Bolu, Türkiye. 2016
  • Korkut OF, Demirbaş ÇN, DoğanT. Üniversite Oğrencilerinde Goodlik halinin yordayıcısı olarak psikolojik sağlamlık. Elektronik Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi. 2017; 16(64):1461-1469
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Primary Language English
Subjects Oncology and Carcinogenesis
Journal Section Research Article
Authors

Zübeyde Aslan 0000-0003-1533-1374

Özlem Uğur 0000-0002-1020-9962

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Publication Date March 17, 2023
Submission Date December 11, 2022
Published in Issue Year 2023Volume: 14 Issue: 2

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EndNote Aslan Z, Uğur Ö (March 1, 2023) The Spiritual Wellbeings of Cancer Patients in Turkey and Affecting Variables. Acıbadem Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi 14 2 147–154.