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. 2019 Dec;58(6):2144-2160.
doi: 10.1007/s10943-019-00849-z.

The Spirituality in End-of-Life Cancer Patients, in Relation to Anxiety, Depression, Coping Strategies and the Daily Spiritual Experiences: A Cross-Sectional Study

Andrea Bovero  1   2 , Chiara Tosi  3 , Rossana Botto  3 , Marta Opezzo  3 , Federica Giono-Calvetto  3 , Riccardo Torta  3
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The Spirituality in End-of-Life Cancer Patients, in Relation to Anxiety, Depression, Coping Strategies and the Daily Spiritual Experiences: A Cross-Sectional Study

Andrea Bovero et al. J Relig Health. 2019 Dec.

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate "Faith" and "Meaning/Peace" dimensions of the functional assessment of chronic illness therapy-spiritual well-being scale (FACIT-Sp-12) in relation to coping strategies, anxiety and depression, and to analyze the relationship between FACIT-Sp-12 and the daily spiritual experience scale in end-of-life cancer patients. A sample of 152 participants were involved. The daily spiritual experiences correlated the most with "Faith" subscale. Moreover, religious coping, depression and daily spiritual experiences resulted "Faith" significant predictors, while depression, anxiety, self-distraction, positive reframing and behavioral disengagement were "Meaning/Peace" subscale's significant predictors. These findings highlighted the considerable impact of the daily spiritual experiences on patients' spiritual well-being.

Keywords: Daily spiritual experiences; End of life; FACIT-Sp-12; Spiritual well-being.

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