Does Spiritual Well-Being Affect Death Anxiety and Psychological Resilience in Cancer Patients?

Sep 26, 2022Omega

Spiritual Well-Being and Its Links to Fear of Death and Mental Strength in Cancer Patients

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Cancer patients had a mean death anxiety score of 12.51.

Cancer patients reported a mean spiritual well-being score of 26.10.
The average psychological resilience score among cancer patients was 16.1.
Higher spiritual well-being is associated with lower death anxiety and higher psychological resilience.
Increased death anxiety is linked to decreased psychological resilience in cancer patients.
Cancer patients exhibited moderate spiritual well-being and psychological resilience but high death anxiety.

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This study was conducted to research the effects of spiritual well-being on death anxiety and psychological resilience in cancer patients. This cross-sectional, descriptive and correlational study was carried out with 260 cancer patients who were admitted to oncology and haematology outpatient clinic of a university hospital in east of Turkey between October 2021 and April 2022. The data were collected by using "Personal Information Form", "Spiritual Well-being Scale (FACIT-sp), Death Anxiety Scale (DAS) and The Brief Resilience Scale (BRS). It was found that mean DAS total score of cancer patients was 12.51 ± 3.39, while their mean FACIT-sp total score was 26.10 ± 6.93 and their mean BRS total score was 16.1 ± 7.05. It was found that FACIT-sp total score affected DAS and BRS total score positively, while DAS total score affected BRS total score negatively (< .001). It was found that cancer patients had moderate level of spiritual well-being and psychological resilience and high level of death anxiety. It was also found that death anxiety and psychological resilience of cancer patients increased as their spiritual well-being levels increased. Psychological resilience was found to decrease as death anxiety increased. p

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