Association of Religious and Spiritual Factors With Patient-Reported Outcomes of Anxiety, Depressive Symptoms, Fatigue, and Pain Interference Among Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer | Zendy

Daniel H. Grossoehme | Zendy; Sarah Friebert | Zendy; Justin N. Baker | Zendy; Matthew Tweddle | Zendy; Jennifer Needle | Zendy; Jody Chrastek | Zendy; Jessica Thompkins | Zendy; Jichuan Wang | Zendy; Yao I. Cheng | Zendy; Maureen E. Lyon | Zendy

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Association of Religious and Spiritual Factors With Patient-Reported Outcomes of Anxiety, Depressive Symptoms, Fatigue, and Pain Interference Among Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer

Author(s) -

Daniel H. Grossoehme,

Sarah Friebert,

Justin N. Baker,

Matthew Tweddle,

Jennifer Needle,

Jody Chrastek,

Jessica Thompkins,

Jichuan Wang,

Yao I. Cheng,

Maureen E. Lyon

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

jama network open

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.278

H-Index - 39

ISSN - 2574-3805

DOI - 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.6696

Subject(s) - anxiety , clinical psychology , beck anxiety inventory , psychology , randomized controlled trial , attendance , spirituality , beck depression inventory , psychiatry , medicine , economics , economic growth , alternative medicine , pathology

Key Points Question Among adolescents and young adults with cancer, is there an association between spirituality and patient-reported outcomes, and are these outcomes associated with a sense of meaning, peace, and comfort provided by faith? Findings In this cross-sectional study of 126 adolescents and young adults with cancer, structural equation modeling revealed that meaning and peace were associated with aspects of spirituality and religiousness as well as anxiety, depressive, and fatigue symptoms. Meaning In this study, participants’ sense of meaning and peace was associated with religiousness and with anxiety and depression, possibly representing an underappreciated intervention target.

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