Faith as a strategy for fighting cancer
Spiritual beliefs can influence the way individuals cope with illness, with a positive impact on reducing physical and emotional symptoms. The aim of this study was to assess the influence of faith and spirituality as coping strategies for cancer. This was a descriptive cross-sectional study carried...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2024 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Editora JRG |
| Repositorio: | Revista JRG de Estudos Acadêmicos |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs2.revistajrg.com:article/1295 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://revistajrg.com/index.php/jrg/article/view/1295 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Cura pela fé Adaptação psicológica Neoplasias Espiritualidade Religião Faith healing Adaptation psychological Neoplasms Spirituality Religion |
| Sumario: | Spiritual beliefs can influence the way individuals cope with illness, with a positive impact on reducing physical and emotional symptoms. The aim of this study was to assess the influence of faith and spirituality as coping strategies for cancer. This was a descriptive cross-sectional study carried out in a public hospital in the Federal District. The sample consisted of 30 patients with various types of cancer undergoing chemotherapy. Data was collected through a semi-structured interview and the Religious-Spiritual Coping Scale (CRE Scale), the first CRE assessment tool in Brazil, based on the North American RCOPE scale by Pargament, Koenig and Perez (2000). There was a significant influence of religiosity/spirituality on coping with cancer and intensification of faith after being diagnosed with the disease. It was found that, after diagnosis, people seek out religiosity/spirituality more, reviewing values and transforming themselves to better cope with the illness |
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