Transcending the suffering in cancer

Autor: R. Ruard Ganzevoort, Irma M. Verdonck-de Leeuw, Lenneke Post
Přispěvatelé: Faculty of Religion and Theology, CLUE+, APH - Mental Health, Clinical Psychology, Otolaryngology / Head & Neck Surgery, APH - Personalized Medicine, CCA - Cancer Treatment and quality of life
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Religions
Volume 11
Issue 3
Post, L, Ganzevoort, R R & Verdonck-De Leeuw, I M 2020, ' Transcending the suffering in cancer : Impact of a spiritual life review intervention on spiritual re-evaluation, spiritual growth and psycho-spiritual wellbeing ', Religions, vol. 11, no. 3, 142 . https://doi.org/10.3390/rel11030142
Religions, Vol 11, Iss 3, p 142 (2020)
Religions, 11(3):142, 1-25. MDPI
Ganzevoort, RR, Post, L & Verdonck-de Leeuw, I 2020, ' Transcending the suffering in cancer : Impact of a spiritual life review intervention on spiritual re-evaluation, spiritual growth and psycho-spiritual wellbeing ', Religions, vol. 11, no. 3, 142, pp. 1-25 . https://doi.org/10.3390/rel11030142
Religions, 11(3):142. MDPI Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
ISSN: 2077-1444
Popis: In the confrontation with cancer, spiritual re-evaluation may help people to transform all-encompassing suffering into spiritual growth and psycho-spiritual wellbeing. The aim of this study was to examine whether spiritual life review (SLR), a semi-structured group narrative intervention that supports people with cancer to write and present their spiritual life story, is effective for the improvement of spiritual re-evaluation, spiritual growth, and psycho-spiritual wellbeing. In this mixed methods study, 57 cancer patients participated. Quantitative data were collected by means of patient reported outcomes (SAIL, Dutch Ryff, and NEIS) at baseline, post-intervention, and three and nine months follow-up (44 participants completed up to 9 months post-intervention). Changes over time were assessed via linear mixed model analysis (LMM). Qualitative data were collected by means of semi-structured interviews with 33 participants nine months post-intervention, and were coded in a two-stage process. Participating in SLR facilitated spiritual re-evaluation, and improved the course of spiritual growth, psycho-spiritual wellbeing, and ego-integrity. This study provides evidence that SLR is likely to improve spiritual re-evaluation, spiritual growth, and psycho-spiritual wellbeing after confrontation with cancer
it also suggests the importance of self-affirmation and ego-integrity for spirituality
and underscores the relevance of narrative spiritual interventions in the oncology setting.
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