Intercessory prayer on spiritual distress, spiritual coping, anxiety, depression and salivary amylase in breast cancer patients during radiotherapy: randomized clinical trial

Talita Prado Simão Miranda; Sílvia Caldeira; Harley Francisco de Oliveira; Denise Hollanda Iunes; Denismar Alves Nogueira; Erika de Cássia Lopes Chaves; Emília Campos de Carvalho

doi:10.1007/s10943-019-00827-5

Intercessory prayer on spiritual distress, spiritual coping, anxiety, depression and salivary amylase in breast cancer patients during radiotherapy: randomized clinical trial

Talita Prado Simão Miranda^*, Sílvia Caldeira^*, Harley Francisco de Oliveira^*, Denise Hollanda Iunes^*, Denismar Alves Nogueira^*, Erika de Cássia Lopes Chaves^*, Emília Campos de Carvalho^*

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The goal of this study was to assess the effect of intercessory prayer in the psychological, spiritual and biological scores of breast cancer patients who are undergoing radiotherapy. Double-blind RCT comprising a sample of 31 participants (15 in the Control Group and 16 in the Intervention Group). Data collection was performed in three time points (T0, T1 and T2). Significant changes have been identified in the intra-group analysis, concerning the decrease in spiritual distress score; negative religious/spiritual coping prevailed, while the total religious/spiritual coping increased between the posttest T2 to T0. Intercessory prayer was effective in religious and spiritual scores.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	365-380
Number of pages	16
Journal	Journal of Religion and Health
Volume	59
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-019-00827-5
Publication status	Published - 1 Feb 2020

Keywords

Breast neoplasm
Faith healing
Nursing
Radiotherapy
Spirituality

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Miranda, T. P. S., Caldeira, S., de Oliveira, H. F., Iunes, D. H., Nogueira, D. A., Chaves, E. D. C. L., & de Carvalho, E. C. (2020). Intercessory prayer on spiritual distress, spiritual coping, anxiety, depression and salivary amylase in breast cancer patients during radiotherapy: randomized clinical trial. Journal of Religion and Health, 59(1), 365-380. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-019-00827-5

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Intercessory prayer on spiritual distress, spiritual coping, anxiety, depression and salivary amylase in breast cancer patients during radiotherapy: randomized clinical trial. / Miranda, Talita Prado Simão; Caldeira, Sílvia; de Oliveira, Harley Francisco et al.
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