Skip to main content
Key Specialties
Cardiology Diabetology Endocrinology Gastroenterology Geriatrics and Gerontology Gynecology and Obstetrics Hematology Infectious Disease Internal Medicine Nephrology Neurology Oncology Pediatrics Respiratory Medicine Rheumatology Surgery
Congress Coverage
2024 ACC Congress 2023 ESMO Congress 2023 EASD Congress 2023 ERS Congress 2023 ESC Congress
Clinical Collections
Advances in Alzheimer’s

At a glance: The ONWARDS insulin icodec trials

A round-up of the ONWARDS phase 3 clinical trials evaluating the novel weekly insulin icodec in people with diabetes.
ADVANCED SEARCH
Log in
Top
Journal of Religion and Health
Published in: Journal of Religion and Health 6/2017

01-12-2017 | Original Paper

The Relationship Between Spirituality and Quality of Life of Jordanian Women Diagnosed with Breast Cancer

Authors: Ahlam Al-Natour, Sharaf Mohammed Al Momani, Abeer M. A. Qandil

Published in: Journal of Religion and Health | Issue 6/2017

Login to get access

Abstract

The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between spirituality and quality of life (QoL) of Jordanian women diagnosed with breast cancer. Descriptive cross-sectional design was conducted using a convenient sample of 150 Jordanian women with breast cancer at King Hussein Cancer Center. Participants completed the Arabic version of the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Spiritual Well-being. A positive linear relationship was found between spirituality and QoL, r = 0.67, p = 0.000. The highest score of correlation was seen between spirituality and the functional domain, r = 0.63, p = 0.000. Spiritual intervention could contribute to increased functional, social, and physical well-being and enhance the total health and QoL of women diagnosed with breast cancer.
Literature
Al-Nawawi, I. (1999). Riyad-us-saliheen. Houston: Dar-us-salam Publications.
Arunachalam, D., Thirumoorthy, A., & Saraswathi Devi, T. (2011). Quality of life in cancer patients with disfigurement due to cancer and its treatments. Indian journal of palliative care, 17(3), 184.CrossRefPubMedPubMedCentral
Azim, H., de Azambuja, E., Colozza, M., Bines, J., & Piccart, M. (2011). Long-term toxic effects of adjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer. Annals of Oncology, 22(9), 1939–1947.CrossRefPubMed
Bîrle, D., Popoviciu, I., Popoviciu, S., & Oláh, S. (2012). The role of religious beliefs and spirituality on the quality of life of rare diseases patients. Revista de Cercetare şi Intervenţie Socială, 36, 144–161.
Bulotiene, G., Veseliunas, J., Ostapenko, V., & Furmonavicius, T. (2008). Women with breast cancer: Relationships between social factors involving anxiety and depression. Archives of Psychiatry & Psychotherapy, 4, 57–62.
Carlson, N., & King, J. (2012). Overview of breast cancer treatment and reconstruction for primary care providers. Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health, 57(6), 558–568.CrossRef
Chan, L. (2010). Body image and the breast: The psychological wound. Journal of wound care, 19(4), 133.CrossRefPubMed
Delgado-Guay, M. O., Hui, D., Parsons, H. A., Govan, K., De la Cruz, M., Thorney, S., et al. (2011). Spirituality, religiosity, and spiritual pain in advanced cancer patients. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 41(6), 986–994.CrossRefPubMed
Department of Statistics. (2013). Jordanian Statistical Yearbook. Amman, Jordan.
Errihani, H., Mrabti, H., Boutayeb, S., El Ghissassi, I., El Mesbahi, O., Hammoudi, M., et al. (2008). Impact of cancer on Moslem patients in Morocco. Psycho-Oncology, 17(1), 98–100.CrossRefPubMed
Frazzetto, P., Vacante, M., Malaguarnera, M., Vinci, E., Catalano, F., Cataudella, E., et al. (2012). Depression in older breast cancer survivors. BMC Surgery, 12(Suppl 1), S14.CrossRefPubMedPubMedCentral
Frost, M. H., Johnson, M. E., Atherton, P. J., Petersen, W. O., Dose, A. M., Kasner, M. J., et al. (2012). Spiritual well-being and quality of life of women with ovarian cancer and their spouses. The Journal of Supportive Oncology, 10(2), 72–80.CrossRefPubMed
Gharaibeh, M., & Oweis, A. (2009). Why do Jordanian women stay in an abusive relationship: Implications for health and social well-being. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 41(4), 376–384.CrossRefPubMed
Harandy, T. F., Ghofranipour, F., Montazeri, A., Anoosheh, M., Bazargan, M., Mohammadi, E., et al. (2009). Muslim breast cancer survivor spirituality: Coping strategy or health seeking behavior hindrance? Health Care for Women International, 31(1), 88–98.CrossRef
Jafari, N., Farajzadegan, Z., Zamani, A., Bahrami, F., Emami, H., & Loghmani, A. (2013a). Spiritual well-being and quality of life in Iranian women with breast cancer undergoing radiation therapy. Supportive Care in Cancer, 21(5), 1219–1225.CrossRefPubMed
Jafari, N., Zamani, A., Farajzadegan, Z., Bahrami, F., Emami, H., & Loghmani, A. (2013b). The effect of spiritual therapy for improving the quality of life of women with breast cancer: A randomized controlled trial. Psychology, Health & Medicine, 18(1), 56–69.CrossRef
Jordan Cancer Registry. (2011). Cancer incidence in Jordan 2010. Amman: Ministry of health.
Kandasamy, A., Chaturvedi, S., & Desai, G. (2011). Spirituality, distress, depression, anxiety, and quality of life in patients with advanced cancer. Indian journal of cancer, 48(1)
Lazenby, M., & Khatib, J. (2012). Associations among patient characteristics, health-related quality of life, and spiritual well-being among Arab Muslim cancer patients. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 15(12), 1321–1324.CrossRefPubMed
Lazenby, M., Khatib, J., Al-Khair, F., & Neamat, M. (2013). Psychometric properties of the functional assessment of chronic illness therapy—spiritual well-being (FACIT-Sp) in an Arabic-speaking, predominantly Muslim population. Psycho-Oncology, 22(1), 220–227.CrossRefPubMed
Levine, E. G., Aviv, C., Yoo, G., Ewing, C., & Au, A. (2009). The benefits of prayer on mood and well-being of breast cancer survivors. Supportive Care in Cancer, 17(3), 295–306.CrossRefPubMed
Lim, J.-W., & Yi, J. (2009). The effects of religiosity, spirituality, and social support on quality of life: A comparison between Korean American and Korean breast and gynecologic cancer survivors. Paper presented at the Oncology Nursing Forum.
Manna, G., Foddai, E., Di Maggio, M., Pace, F., Colucci, G., Gebbia, N., et al. (2007). Emotional expression and coping style in female breast cancer. Annals of Oncology, 18(suppl 6), vi77–vi80.PubMed
Mearviglia, M. (2006). Effects of spirituallity in breast cancer survivor. Oncology Nursing Forum, 33(1), E1–E7.CrossRef
Mehnert, A., & Koch, U. (2007). Prevalence of acute and post-traumatic stress disorder and comorbid mental disorders in breast cancer patients during primary cancer care: a prospective study. Psycho-Oncology, 16(3), 181–188.CrossRefPubMed
Morgan, P. D., Gaston-Johansson, F., & Mock, V. (2005). Spiritual well-being, religious coping, and the quality of life of African American breast cancer treatment: a pilot study. The ABNF Journal: Official Journal of the Association of Black Nursing Faculty in Higher Education, Inc, 17(2), 73–77.
Pearman, T., Yanez, B., Peipert, J., Wortman, K., Beaumont, J., & Cella, D. (2014). Ambulatory cancer and US general population reference values and cutoff scores for the functional assessment of cancer therapy. Cancer, 120(18), 2902–2909.CrossRefPubMed
Puchalski, C. (2012). Spirituality in the cancer trajectory. Annals of Oncology, 23(suppl 3), 49–55.CrossRefPubMed
Sabado, M., & Tanjasiri, S. P. (2010). Role of spirituality in coping with breast cancer: A qualitative study of Samoan breast cancer survivors and their supporters. Californian Journal of Health Promotion, 8(SE), 11.PubMedPubMedCentral
Samuelson, B. T., Fromme, E. K., & Thomas, C. R. (2012). Changes in spirituality and quality of life in patients undergoing radiation therapy. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 29(6), 449–454.CrossRefPubMed
Schultz, M., Baddarni, K., & Bar-Sela, G. (2011). Reflections on palliative care from the Jewish and Islamic tradition. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2012
Sheppard, L. A., & Ely, S. (2008). Breast cancer and sexuality. The Breast Journal, 14(2), 176–181.CrossRefPubMed
Taha, H., Al-Qutob, R., Nyström, L., Wahlström, R., & Berggren, V. (2013). “Would a man smell a rose then throw it away?” Jordanian men’s perspectives on women’s breast cancer and breast health. BMC Women’s Health, 13(1), 41.CrossRefPubMedPubMedCentral
Vallurupalli, M. M., Lauderdale, M. K., Balboni, M. J., Phelps, A. C., Block, S. D., Ng, A. K., et al. (2012). The role of spirituality and religious coping in the quality of life of patients with advanced cancer receiving palliative radiation therapy. The Journal of Supportive Oncology, 10(2), 81.CrossRefPubMed
Vaughan-Adams, N. (2007). Psychological symptoms in women with breast cancer. Paper presented at the Oncology Nursing Forum.
Watson, J. (1999). Nursing: Human science and human care. A theory of nursing. Jones & Bartlett Learning.
Watson, J., & Woodward, T. (2006). Jean Watson’s theory of human caring. In M. E. Parker (Ed.), Nursing theories and nursing practice (295–302).
Webster, K., Cella, D., & Yost, K. (2003). The functional assessment of chronic illness therapy (FACIT) measurement system: Properties, applications, and interpretation. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 1(1), 79.CrossRefPubMedPubMedCentral
Zahedi, F., & Larijani, B. (2007). Cancer ethics from the Islamic point of view. Iranian Journal of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, 6(suppl 5), 17–24.
Metadata
Title
The Relationship Between Spirituality and Quality of Life of Jordanian Women Diagnosed with Breast Cancer
Authors
Ahlam Al-Natour
Sharaf Mohammed Al Momani
Abeer M. A. Qandil
Publication date
01-12-2017
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of Religion and Health / Issue 6/2017
Print ISSN: 0022-4197
Electronic ISSN: 1573-6571
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-017-0370-8

Other articles of this Issue 6/2017

Journal of Religion and Health 6/2017 Go to the issue

Original Paper

The Relationship between Religious Coping and Self-Care Behaviors in Iranian Medical Students

Original Paper

Religion, Spirituality and Folk Medicine/Superstition in a Neonatal Unit

Psychological Exploration

The Medical Jungle

Original Paper

Masturbation: Scientific Evidence and Islam’s View

Original Paper

Religion, Alcohol Use and Risk Drinking Among Canadian Adults Living in Ontario

Original Paper

The Prevalence and Antecedents of Religious Beliefs About Health Control in the US Population: Variations by Race and Religious Background