Factors Related to Spiritual Needs in Palliative Cancer Patients
Keywords:
Spiritual needs, palliative cancer patients, perceived severity of illness, religious practices, social supportAbstract
This descriptive correlational research aimed to analyze the relationship of perceived severity
of illness, religious practice, and social support to the spiritual needs in palliative cancer patients. The
sample was 84 palliative cancer patients admitted to Maharat Nakhon Ratchasima Hospital. Data were
collected during November and December 2020. Instruments included a demographic data record
form, a Spiritual Needs Questionnaire, a Religious Practice Questionnaire, the Multidimensional Scale
of Perceived Social Support, and the Perceived Severity of Illness Questionnaire. Reliabilities were .82,
.85, .83, and .85 respectively. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Pearson’s product
moment correlation coeffcient.
The research results showed that palliative cancer patients had a high level of spiritual needs
(M = 2.67, SD = 0.12). Severity of illness, religious practices and social support had positive relationship
with spiritual needs (r = .40, p < .001; r = .36, p < .01; r = .25, p < .05 respectively). The fndings suggest
that nurses should develop nursing guidelines for meeting patients’ spiritual needs by considering the
perceived level of severity of the illness, supporting religious practices, and providing social support
to improve the patients’ spiritual well-being and quality of life in the terminal stages
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Highfield, M. F. (1992). Spiritual health of oncology patients. Nurse and patient perspectives. Cancer nursing, 15(1), 1-8.
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Wongpakaran, T., Wongpakaran, N., & Ruktrakul, R. (2011). Reliability and validity of the multidimensional scale of perceived social support (MSPSS): Thai version. Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health: CP & EMH, 7, 161-166
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Zimet, G. D., Dahlem, N. W., Zimet, S. G., & Farley, G. K. (1988). The multidimensional scale of perceived social support. Journal of Personality Assessment, 52(1), 30-41.
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2021-03-28
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Tirapongprasert, S. ., Samartkit, . N. ., & Wiseso, W. . (2021). Factors Related to Spiritual Needs in Palliative Cancer Patients. The Journal of Faculty of Nursing Burapha University, 29(1), 67–79. retrieved from https://he02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/Nubuu/article/view/250251
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