RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS AND SPIRITUAL WELLBEING AMONG CANCER SURVIVORS | Zendy

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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS AND SPIRITUAL WELLBEING AMONG CANCER SURVIVORS

Author(s) -

Eviwindha Suara,

Mardiyono Mardiyono,

Anggorowati Anggorowati

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

belitung nursing journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2477-4073

DOI - 10.33546/bnj.74

Subject(s) - quality of life (healthcare) , clinical psychology , psychology , cancer , scale (ratio) , gerontology , medicine , psychotherapist , physics , quantum mechanics

Background: Spiritual wellbeing (SWB) is an important quality-of-life dimension for cancer patients. Therefore, health professionals are demanded to improve SWB in these patients. A deeper understanding regarding the factors associated with SWB is needed. Objective: This study aims to examine the relationships of demographic characteristics of patients and spiritual wellbeing in patients with cancer. Methods: This was a cross-sectional correlational study with 60 respondents recruited using consecutive sampling. A spiritual wellbeing scale (SWBS) was used, and data were analyzed using Kendall's Tau and Spearman's rank. Results: Findings in this study showed that only age was statistically significant with spiritual wellbeing of cancer patients with p-value 0.003 ( 0.05. Conclusion: There was a significant relationship between age and spiritual wellbeing in patients with cancer. This study provides the insight of knowledge regarding the factors affecting spiritual wellbeing in patients with cancer.

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