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Chinese Journal of Nursing Education ›› 2019, Vol. 16 ›› Issue (3): 183-187.doi: 10.3761/j.issn.1672-9234.2019.03.004

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Spiritual health status and influencing factors of patients with terminal cancers

Xuan YANG,Hui-ying WANG,Yu-ling WANG,Cui-yu DENG,Jing-ran LI,Hui-zi TIAN   

  • Received:2018-05-29 Online:2019-03-20 Published:2019-03-21

Abstract: Objestive To investigate the spiritual health status of patients with terminal cancers and to analyze its influencing factors. Methods Convenience sampling was applied to recruit 160 patients from 3 tertiary hospitals from January to October 2018 using the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Spiritual Well-Being Scale(FACIT-Sp-12)to assess the status of spiritual health and its influencing factors. Results The total score of FACIT-Sp-12 was(25.63±2.64). Multiple linear regression results showed that gender,age,marriage,religious belief,educa-tion level,monthly income and course of disease could explain 45.3% of the total variation of spiritual health in terminal cancer patients. Conclusion The spiritual health of patients with advanced cancer is below the medium level. Gender,age,marriage,religious belief,educational level,monthly income and course of disease are the main factors affecting the spiritual health of patients with advanced cancer. Clinicians and nurses can take specific spiritual care according to the specific conditions of patients to improve their quality of life.

Key words: Neoplasms, Spirituality, Questionnaires, Risk Factors, Spritual health