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Faeze Torabi1, Maryam Rassouli, Manighea Nourian
1Imam Hossein Hospital, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran (Ms Torabi); and Nursing and Midwifery School (Dr Rassouli), Department of Pediatric and NICU Nursing (Drs Nourian and Farahani), Biostatistics (Dr Borumandnia), and Shohada-e Tajrish Hospital (Ms Nikseresht), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract:
People's experiences of living with cancer suggest that spirituality creates purpose and meaning in life for patients. Strengthening spirituality has positive effects on coping, mental health, and symptoms of the disease. This study examines the effect of spiritual care on adolescents coping with cancer. This research is a single-group, quasi-experimental, pre-/poststudy conducted on 32 adolescents. The spiritual care program was presented individually and face to face over six 45-minute sessions held on the admission days. Data were collected using the Ways of Coping Questionnaire by Lazarus and Folkman. A significant difference was observed between the pretest and posttest mean values in all the coping subscales, which suggests the effect of spiritual care on adolescents' coping with cancer, but no significant differences were observed between the posttest and follow-up mean values, which shows the importance of the continuity of spiritual care in adolescent patients. According to the results, spirituality-based care programs offered by nurses can positively affect adolescents' coping with cancer and improve their overall coping.
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