Evaluation of effectiveness of spiritual therapy in mental health of cancer patients
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Introduction
Normal functioning of life disrupts in cancer patients and this disruption has a negative impact on mental health.Objective
Having a purpose in life, spiritual beliefs, tolerance and spiritual approach to health can help these patients to improve the quality of life.Method
This study was design to determine the effectiveness of spiritual therapy in mental health of cancer patients. Seventy patients was randomly selected in Bushehr Cancer Center and categorized to case and control groups. Patients of case group have participated in eight sessions of spiritual approach class. The control group did not participate in any educational sessions. After one month, mental health questionnaires (GHQ-28) were completed by both case and control groups.Spss20 and t-test were used for data analysis.Results
The results showed that mean score of mental health experimental group (t=4.97, pConclusion
Spiritual therapy can modify patient's attitudes toward the disease and suggested to use in cancer patients by health giver. Keywords:
Language:
Persian
Published:
Nursing Journal of the vulnerable, Volume:2 Issue: 4, 2016
Pages:
40 to 51
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