Effectiveness of prayer in reducing anxiety in cancer patients

Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP

Camila Csizmar Carvalho¹  Erika De Cássia Lopes Chaves¹  Denise Hollanda Iunes¹  Talita Prado Simão¹  Cristiane Da Silva Marciano Grasselli¹  Cristiane Giffoni Braga¹ 

关键词: Neoplasms;    Drug therapy;    Spirituality;    Religion;    Anxiety;    Oncology nursing;    Neoplasias;    Quimioterapia;    Espiritualidad;    Religión;    Ansiedad;    Enfermería oncológica;    Neoplasias;    Quimioterapia;    Espiritualidade;    Religião;    Ansiedade;    Enfermagem oncológica;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0080-623420140000400016

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Objective: To evaluate the effect of prayer on anxiety in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. Method: Quasi-experimental study, with pre and post-intervention. Twenty patients admitted to treatment of continuous intravenous chemotherapy were recruited. The volunteers were evaluated through interviews using a questionnaire of sociodemographic, clinical and spiritual characteristics, the Index of Religiosity Duke University and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. Vital signs were measured and collected salivary cortisol. The intervention was applied prayer and data collection occurred in three phases: first collection (baseline), pre and post-intervention. Results: The data found between the pre and post-intervention samples showed different statistically significant for state anxiety (p= <0.00), blood pressure (systolic, p=0.00, diastolic, p=<0.00) and respiratory rate (p=0.04). Conclusion: Prayer, therefore, proved to be an effective strategy in reducing the anxiety of the patient undergoing chemotherapy.




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