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[Effectiveness of prayer in reducing anxiety in cancer patients]
Camila Csizmar Carvalho1, Erika de Cássia Lopes Chaves1, Denise Hollanda Iunes1
1Federal University of Alfenas, Alfenas, MG, Brazil.
Objective:
To evaluate the effect of prayer on anxiety in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy.
Method:
Quasi-experimental study, with pre and post-intervention. Twenty patients admitted to treatment of continuous intravenous chemotherapy were recruited. The volunteers were evaluated through interviews using a questionnaire of sociodemographic, clinical and spiritual characteristics, the Index of Religiosity Duke University and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. Vital signs were measured and collected salivary cortisol. The intervention was applied prayer and data collection occurred in three phases: first collection (baseline), pre and post-intervention.
Results:
The data found between the pre and post-intervention samples showed different statistically significant for state anxiety (p= <0.00), blood pressure (systolic, p=0.00, diastolic, p=<0.00) and respiratory rate (p=0.04).
Conclusion:
Prayer, therefore, proved to be an effective strategy in reducing the anxiety of the patient undergoing chemotherapy.
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