Category Archive for: "spiritual distress"

Distinguishing between spiritual distress, general distress, spiritual well-being, and spiritual pain among cancer patients during oncology treatment

October 2, 2017 oncology, spiritual care, spiritual distress

Background: Spiritual distress is present in ~25% of oncology patients. We examined the extent to which this measure is identical to a variety of other measures, such as spiritual well-being, [...]
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Determining best methods to screen for religious/spiritual distress

October 2, 2017 spiritual distress

Purpose: This study sought to validate for the first time a brief screening measure for religious/spiritual (R/S) distress given the Commission on Cancer’s mandated screening for psycho-social [...]
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Screening for Spiritual Distress in the Oncology Patient: A Quality Improvement Pilot Project Between Nurses and Chaplains

September 21, 2017 oncology, spiritual care, spiritual distress

Aims A quality improvement initiative of nursing/chaplain collaboration on the early identification and referral of oncology patients at risk of spiritual distress. Background Research shows that [...]
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