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01-12-2018 | Original Paper

Are Religious Coping and Pain Perception Related Together? Assessment in Iranian Cancer Patients

Authors: Amir Hossein Goudarzian, Azar Jafari, Sima Beik, Masoumeh Bagheri Nesami

Published in: Journal of Religion and Health | Issue 6/2018

Abstract

Pain of cancer had various significant side effects that based on the literature it can reduced by religious coping methods. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between religious coping and pain perception in Iranian cancer patients. In this cross-sectional study (October–December, 2015), 380 hospitalized cancer patients were entered to the study using accessible sampling. Data were collected by socio-demographic, Religious Coping and McGill pain questionnaires. Males (48.39 ± 13 ± 39; CI95: 46.41–50.38) are older than females (45.33 ± 18.44; CI95: 42.79–47.87). According to results, there was a significant relationship between pain perception and positive religious coping in cancer patients. Also there was a significant relationship between pain perception and family history of cancer (P < 0.05). It seems that improving the level and quality of positive religious affiliation can be effective on the amount of stimulation and pain of cancer patients. Of course, more comprehensive studies are needed to be achieved more reliable results about the effects of religious coping on pain perception in these patients.

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Title: Are Religious Coping and Pain Perception Related Together? Assessment in Iranian Cancer Patients
Authors: Amir Hossein Goudarzian
Azar Jafari
Sima Beik
Masoumeh Bagheri Nesami
Publication date: 01-12-2018
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Religion and Health / Issue 6/2018
Print ISSN: 0022-4197
Electronic ISSN: 1573-6571
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-017-0471-4

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