https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/545087
標題: | The Influence of Awareness of Terminal Condition on Spiritual Well-Being in Terminal Cancer Patients | 作者: | Leung K.-K. TAI-YUAN CHIU Chen C.-Y. |
關鍵字: | life quality; spirituality; terminal care; Truth disclosure | 公開日期: | 2006 | 卷: | 31 | 期: | 5 | 起(迄)頁: | 449-456 | 來源出版物: | Journal of Pain and Symptom Management | 摘要: | We developed a Spirituality Transcendence Measure (STM) and studied whether awareness of terminal illness affects spiritual well-being in terminal cancer patients. Three sources of spiritual transcendence-the situational, the moral and biographical, and the religious aspect-were assessed in the STM. Cronbach's α of the STM was 0.95, and the principle axis factor analysis extracted only one factor. Thirty-seven terminal cancer patients with male predominance (59.5%) were studied. Awareness of terminal illness was associated with a higher total STM score (Z = -2.21, P = 0.027), along with the individual scores for each of the three transcendences (Z = -2.39, P = 0.017; Z = -2.71, P = 0.007; and Z = -1.96, P = 0.050). Acceptance of death was associated with a higher situational score (Z = 2.01, P = 0.046) and a higher religious score (Z = -2.27, P = 0.023). Announcement of testament was associated with a higher situational score (Z = -2.30, P = 0.021). We conclude that awareness of terminal illness is associated with spiritual well-being. Telling the complete truth is necessary even when dealing with terminal conditions. ? 2006 U.S. Cancer Pain Relief Committee. |
URI: | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-33646744566&doi=10.1016%2fj.jpainsymman.2006.02.001&partnerID=40&md5=4fcf0e00a0820d9a073db44a27cb9ce8 https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/545087 |
ISSN: | 0885-3924 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2006.02.001 | SDG/關鍵字: | adult; aged; article; awareness; cancer; cancer mortality; clinical article; Cronbach alpha coefficient; demography; expectation; factorial analysis; female; human; jurisprudence; male; medical assessment; psychometry; questionnaire; religion; scoring system; wellbeing; Adult; Aged; Attitude to Death; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Neoplasms; Psychometrics; Quality of Life; Spirituality; Terminal Care; Truth Disclosure |
顯示於: | 醫學系 |
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