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Çamcı G, Yakar HK, Çelik M, Oğuz S. Death Anxiety and Religious Coping in Heart Failure Patients. OMEGA-JOURNAL OF DEATH AND DYING 2024:302228241256270. [PMID: 38768399 DOI: 10.1177/00302228241256270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2024]
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This study was conducted to determine death anxiety and religious coping in heart failure patients. It was determined that 64% of the patients were male, the mean death anxiety score was 7.78 ± 3.91, 38% had ≤6 points and 62% had ≥7 points. Positive religious coping score was 20.54 ± 6.58 and negative religious coping score was 6.86 ± 3.18. Patients with a diagnosis of heart failure ≥3 years had higher death anxiety levels. There was a weak positive correlation between death anxiety and positive and negative religious coping scores. Death anxiety and the number of days hospitalized were determined to predict positive religious coping in regression analysis. The model explained 7.6% of the total variance in positive religious coping. Heart failure patients were detected to have high death anxiety. Patients were observed to have high positive religious coping scores. As death anxiety increases, patients exhibit positive religious coping behavior.
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- Gülşah Çamcı
- Faculty of Health Sciences, Nursing Department, Nursing Department of Internal Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Nursing Department, Nursing Department of Internal Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Nursing Department, Nursing Department of Internal Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Nursing Department, Nursing Department of Internal Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
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Papazoglou AS, Moysidis DV, Tsagkaris C, Milkas A. Spirituality and Palliative Care in Heart Failure. JACC: HEART FAILURE 2022; 10:887-888. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jchf.2022.08.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2022] [Revised: 07/29/2022] [Accepted: 08/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Lee SY, Park CL, Laflash S. Perceived posttraumatic growth in cardiac patients: A systematic scoping review. J Trauma Stress 2022; 35:791-803. [PMID: 35122706 PMCID: PMC9232897 DOI: 10.1002/jts.22799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2021] [Revised: 09/15/2021] [Accepted: 09/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Despite the life-threatening nature of many cardiac conditions, patients often report perceived posttraumatic growth (PPTG) in their recovery. To date, this research remains scattered across the literature, and no systematic review across cardiac patient populations is available. To understand the state of the literature on PPTG in cardiac patients, we conducted a systematic scoping review, aiming to (a) describe patient populations included, (b) characterize associations between PPTG and mental and physical health indices, (c) identify potential psychosocial resources that moderate or mediate the effects of a cardiac condition on PPTG, and (d) describe and critique study methodologies. A systematic search was conducted on June 21, 2021, using the PubMed and PsycInfo databases. Two authors independently screened the results for eligibility and resolved discrepancies before extracting study data. We identified 21 studies that met the search and eligibility criteria (i.e., original, peer-reviewed, English language). Most studies focused on a single cardiac condition (61.9%), with myocardial infarction the most common. PPTG was studied in relation to myriad mental health and physical health indices. The findings suggested that appraisal and coping may mediate and psychosocial resources (e.g., social support) may moderate the effects of a cardiac condition on PPTG. The generalizability of results is limited, as most studies employed a cross-sectional design with mostly male and majority White samples. Future research would benefit from studying PPTG in more diverse cardiac populations, assessing appraisals of the cardiac condition as traumatic, measuring posttraumatic depreciation in tandem with PPTG, and conducting prospective studies.
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- Sharon Y. Lee
- Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior Brown, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA,Center for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, The Miriam Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
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- Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA
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- Center for Physician Assistant Studies, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, USA
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Castro LS, Balboni TA, Lobo TC, Moreira RSL, Koenig HG, Peteet JR, Cintra F. Assessing Religious Commitment in a Multicultural Inpatient Setting: A Psychometric Evaluation of the 10-item Belief into Action Scale. JOURNAL OF RELIGION AND HEALTH 2021; 60:3576-3590. [PMID: 33710465 DOI: 10.1007/s10943-021-01223-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/26/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Religious and spiritual (R/S) issues impact medical decision-making, particularly among highly R/S populations, for whom existing measures have limitations in identifying levels of R/S commitment. The Belief into Action (BIAc) scale was designed for this purpose and was never tested among hospitalized patients. We interviewed 152 patients (51% men) with a mean age of 48.9 years (SD = 15.2), having either cancer (27%), cardiovascular (26%), rheumatic (21%), or other diseases (26%). Cronbach alpha was .82 and a 3-factor structure (subjective, social, and private religious commitment) was the most robust. Results suggest the BIAc has adequate convergent, divergent, and incremental validity compared to other well-established questionnaires and is appropriate for the inpatient setting.
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- Laura S Castro
- Departamento de Medicina, Disciplina de Cardiologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, R. Napoleão de Barros, 715, Térreo, Vl. Clementino, São Paulo, 04024-002, Brazil.
- Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
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- Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA
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- Departamento de Medicina, Disciplina de Cardiologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, R. Napoleão de Barros, 715, Térreo, Vl. Clementino, São Paulo, 04024-002, Brazil
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- Departamento de Medicina, Disciplina de Cardiologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, R. Napoleão de Barros, 715, Térreo, Vl. Clementino, São Paulo, 04024-002, Brazil
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
- Department of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA
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- Departamento de Medicina, Disciplina de Cardiologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, R. Napoleão de Barros, 715, Térreo, Vl. Clementino, São Paulo, 04024-002, Brazil
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