Religious coping is associated with the quality of life of patients with advanced cancer.
Nalini Tarakeshwar,Lauren C. Vanderwerker,Elizabeth Paulk,Michelle J. Pearce,Stanislav V. Kasl,Holly G. Prigerson +5 more
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Findings show that religious coping plays an important role for the QOL of patients and the types of religious coping strategies used are related to better or poorer QOL.Abstract:
Background: For patients confronting a life-threatening illness such as advanced cancer, religious coping can be an important factor influencing their quality of life (QOL). Objective: The study's main purpose was to examine the association between religious coping and QOL among 170 patients with advanced cancer. Both positive religious coping (e.g., benevolent religious appraisals) and negative religious coping (e.g., anger at God) and multiple dimensions of QOL (physical, physical symptom, psychological, existential, and support) were studied. Design: Structured interviews were conducted with 170 patients recruited as part of an ongoing multi-institutional longitudinal evaluation of the prevalence of mental illness and patterns of mental health service utilization in advanced cancer patients and their primary informal caregivers. Measurements: Patients completed measures of QOL (McGill QOL questionnaire), religious coping (Brief Measure of Religious Coping [RCOPE] and Multidimensional Measure of Religio...read more
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Religiousness and Spiritual Support Among Advanced Cancer Patients and Associations With End-of-Life Treatment Preferences and Quality of Life
Tracy A. Balboni,Lauren C. Vanderwerker,Susan D. Block,M. Elizabeth Paulk,Christopher S. Lathan,John R. Peteet,Holly G. Prigerson +6 more
TL;DR: Many advanced cancer patients' spiritual needs are not supported by religious communities or the medical system, and spiritual support is associated with better QOL.
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The Brief RCOPE: Current psychometric status of a short measure of religious coping.
TL;DR: The Brief RCOPE as mentioned in this paper is a 14-item measure of religious coping with major life stressors, which was developed out of Pargament's (1997) program of theory and research on religious coping.
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Quality of life of family caregivers of cancer survivors: across the trajectory of the illness.
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Religious coping and use of intensive life-prolonging care near death in patients with advanced cancer
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TL;DR: Positive religious coping in patients with advanced cancer is associated with receipt of intensive life-prolonging medical care near death and further research is needed to determine the mechanisms for this association.
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