Correlation between Spiritual Well-Being and Level of Fatigue among Patients Suffering from Breast Cancer
Cancer-related fatigue has been shown to be a significant side effect that influences a person’s wellbeing, during treatment, and after treatment. It is recorded that cancer patients have also been shown experiencing spiritual distress. The study aims to determine the connection between spiritual...
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Faculty of Nursing Universitas Padjadjaran
2021
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/89673/1/89673_Correlation%20between%20Spiritual%20Well-Being%20and%20Level%20of%20Fatigue.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/89673/ http://jkp.fkep.unpad.ac.id/index.php/jkp/article/view/1592 https://doi.org/10.24198/jkp.v9i1.1592 |
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| Summary: | Cancer-related fatigue has been shown to be a significant side effect that influences a person’s wellbeing, during
treatment, and after treatment. It is recorded that cancer patients have also been shown experiencing spiritual
distress. The study aims to determine the connection between spiritual well-being and cancer-related fatigue
among patients suffering from breast cancer during chemotherapy treatment. 112 patients who were undergoing
chemotherapy treatment were recruited in this study using a correlational design. The instruments used in
assessing spiritual well-being and fatigue are Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy - Spirituality
(FACIT-Sp) and FACIT-Fatigue Scales. Data were analyzed using the Spearman Correlation analysis. Mean
spiritual well-being score was 35.91 (SD = 6.89), and the mean fatigue score was 33.04 (SD = 9.58). There
were a moderate and significant correlation between fatigue scores and spiritual well-being (r = .364, p < 0.001).
Breast cancer patients who had higher spiritual well-being that means they would alleviate fatigue symptoms.
Therefore, nurses should consider that increasing spiritual well-being would reduce fatigue and vice versa. |
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