Belitung Nursing Journal
Vol. 3 No. 4 (2017): July - August

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS AND SPIRITUAL WELLBEING AMONG CANCER SURVIVORS

Eviwindha Suara (Program Magister Keperawatan, Universitas Diponegoro, Semarang, Indonesia)
Mardiyono Mardiyono (Politeknik Kesehatan Kementrian Kesehatan Semarang, Indonesia)
Anggorowati Anggorowati (Departemen Keperawatan, Universitas Diponegoro, Semarang, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Aug 2017

Abstract

Background: Spiritual wellbeing (SWB) is an important quality-of-life dimension for cancer patients. Therefore, health professionals are demanded to improve SWB in these patients. A deeper understanding regarding the factors associated with SWB is needed. Objective: This study aims to examine the relationships of demographic characteristics of patients and spiritual wellbeing in patients with cancer. Methods: This was a cross-sectional correlational study with 60 respondents recruited using consecutive sampling. A spiritual wellbeing scale (SWBS) was used, and data were analyzed using Kendall's Tau and Spearman's rank. Results: Findings in this study showed that only age was statistically significant with spiritual wellbeing of cancer patients with p-value 0.003 (<0.05). There were no significant relationships of gender, education, occupation, long suffering, and type of cancers with spiritual wellbeing with p-value >0.05. Conclusion: There was a significant relationship between age and spiritual wellbeing in patients with cancer. This study provides the insight of knowledge regarding the factors affecting spiritual wellbeing in patients with cancer.

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bnj

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Subject

Nursing

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BNJ contributes to the advancement of evidence-based nursing, midwifery and healthcare by disseminating high quality research and scholarship of contemporary relevance and with potential to advance knowledge for practice, education, management or policy. BNJ welcomes submissions of evidence-based ...