Prostate Cancer and Spirituality: A Systematic Review

The diagnosis, treatment, and sequels of cancer are relevant sources of stress, conflicts, and suffering, but spirituality may be a positive coping element. However, studies involving the correlation between prostate cancer patients and spirituality are few and heterogeneous. MEDLINE (PUBMED), SCOPU...

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Subtitles:"Tribal Healing, Suicide, Ethical Issues, Cancer and Measuring Religiosity and Spirituality"
Authors: Neves, Nathália M. (Author) ; Queiroz, Leticia A. (Author) ; Cuck, Gustavo (Author) ; Dzik, Carlos (Author) ; Pereira, Felipe M. T. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V. 2024
In: Journal of religion and health
Year: 2024, Volume: 63, Issue: 2, Pages: 1360-1372
Further subjects:B Spirituality
B Religion
B Coping
B Prostate cancer
B Quality of life
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Summary:The diagnosis, treatment, and sequels of cancer are relevant sources of stress, conflicts, and suffering, but spirituality may be a positive coping element. However, studies involving the correlation between prostate cancer patients and spirituality are few and heterogeneous. MEDLINE (PUBMED), SCOPUS, and EMBASE were the databases used for this review with the keywords "spirituality," "religion," and "prostate cancer." The review was performed using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses. About 250 articles were found, and 30 were eligible. Most studies (N = 26; 86.6%) reported the relationship between spirituality and better health findings such as 80% being positively associated with more screening for prostate cancer and better patients' quality of life. More interventional, randomized, and multicentric trials are needed to clarify this relationship.
ISSN:1573-6571
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of religion and health
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s10943-023-01845-0