Current status and influencing factors of spiritual needs of patients with advanced cancer: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Spiritual needs have been associated with better physical health outcomes and provide a context for patients to gain hope and significance in coping with disease. This study aimed to understand the status of spiritual needs of patients with advanced cancer and conducted a quantitative study on the relationship between patient-reported physical, psychological, and social influencing factors and spiritual needs based on a biopsychosocial-spiritual model.

Methods

In this study, 200 oncology inpatients from Shandong Province were recruited using a convenience sampling method to conduct a cross-sectional survey using general data from December 2020 to June 2022. Correlation analysis was used to analyze the correlation between spiritual needs and cancer-related fatigue,

SUBMITTER: Shi X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10116731 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature