Open AccessImpact of spiritual care on the spiritual and mental health and quality of life of patients with advanced cancer
Author(s) -
Xianghong Sun,
Xing Liu,
Bo Zhang,
Yumei Wang,
Ling Fan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
world journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2220-3206
DOI - 10.5498/wjp.v11.i8.449
Subject(s) - quality of life (healthcare) , medicine , mental health , gerontology , cancer , alternative medicine , psychiatry , nursing , pathology
Cancer is a growing threat to human health. Due to the double torment of cancer and cancer treatment, patients with advanced cancer generally have a low quality of life. At present, there is a lack of systematic spiritual care plans for patients with advanced cancer as well as systematic guidance plans on the specific clinical application of spiritual care for advanced cancer patients. We hypothesized that our care plan would be effective in improving the spiritual and mental health and quality of life of patients with advanced cancer.