Prevalence, Predictors and Correlates of Religious and Spiritual Struggles in Palliative Cancer Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Religion and spirituality (r/s) are important resources in coping with cancer. However, there are aspects of r/s, such as religious and spiritual struggles, found to be associated with poorer outcomes. A new measure has been adapted from the Religious and Spiritual Struggles Scale (RSS) to assess r/s struggles: the RSS-14. This concise measure allows for the assessment of multiple types of r/s struggles for people from different religious backgrounds or none.

Objectives

The aim of the present study was to examine the prevalence, predictors and correlates of r/s struggles as measured by the RSS-14 and its subdomains in a cancer population receiving palliative care.

Methods

Data were collected from six outpatient palliative care services across the US. Inclusion

SUBMITTER: Damen A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8419029 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature