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040 _cSalus Infirmorum
245 0 0 _aThe effect of spiritual therapy for improving the quality of life of women with breast cancer: A randomized controlled trial /
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_cNajmeh Jafari, Ahmadreza Zamani, Ziba Farajzadegan, Fatemeh Bahrami, Hamid Emami c & Amir Loghmani
500 _aPDF en biblioteca
504 _aBibliografía: p. 66-69
520 8 _aDiagnosis of breast cancer is a devastating psychological experience for a woman. Also, treatments such as radiation therapy may cause psychosocial distress in these patients and threaten their quality of life (QOL). Among several approaches, spirituality has been shown to be significantly associated with improving the QOL. The aim of this study was to assess the role of spiritual therapy intervention in improving the QOL of patients with breast cancer undergoing radiation therapy. This was a randomized controlled trial study undertaken in a radiotherapy clinic, Isfahan, Iran. Between October 2010 and February 2011, 68 patients under radiation therapy were randomized to either spiritual therapy intervention group or control group who received routine management and educational programs. Before and after six weeks of spiritual therapy sessions, the QOL was evaluated using Cancer quality-of-life questionnaire (QLQ)-C30 and breast cancer-specific questionnaire (BR-23). Multivariate, repeated-measures ANOVA, t-test, and Paired ttest were used for analysis using Predictive Analytic Soft Ware (PASW, version 18) for windows. In all, 65 patients actually completed the six-week intervention and were evaluated for the outcome. The mean Global health status score/QOL reached from 44.37 (SD ¼ 13.03) to 68.63 (SD ¼ 10.86), (p¼ 0.00). There was a statistically significant difference in all functional scales of QLQ-C30 after intervention (p50.05). The results of this trial showed that the spiritual therapy program can improve the overall QOL of women with breast cancer; therefore, it could be adopted in comprehensive care programs for women with breast cancer
653 1 4 _aspiritual therapy
653 1 4 _abreast malignancy
653 1 4 _aquality of life
653 1 4 _aradiation therapy
773 _g-- 2013, v. 18, n.1; p. 56-69
_tPsychology, Health & Medicine
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