TY - JOUR
T1 - The Impact of Religiosity and Individual Prayer Activities on Advanced Cancer Patients’ Health
T2 - Is There Any Difference in Function of Whether or Not Receiving Palliative Anti-neoplastic Therapy?
AU - Paiva, Carlos Eduardo
AU - Paiva, Bianca Sakamoto Ribeiro
AU - Yennurajalingam, Sriram
AU - Hui, David
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2013, Springer Science+Business Media New York.
PY - 2014/12
Y1 - 2014/12
N2 - Consecutive patients (n = 221) presenting for initial consultation at a palliative care outpatient clinic were prospectively interviewed and then followed until death. Individual prayer activity (IPA) and global religion scores were associated with quality of life, symptoms, inflammatory markers, and survival. Analyses were adjusted for whether patients were still receiving anti-neoplastic therapies (ANTs) or not. Higher religion scores were associated with lower levels of inflammation in advanced cancer patients still undergoing ANTs. Additionally, higher IPA was an independent good prognostic factor in patients on active ANTs. Further studies are necessary to confirm these findings and to investigate possible biological mechanisms involved.
AB - Consecutive patients (n = 221) presenting for initial consultation at a palliative care outpatient clinic were prospectively interviewed and then followed until death. Individual prayer activity (IPA) and global religion scores were associated with quality of life, symptoms, inflammatory markers, and survival. Analyses were adjusted for whether patients were still receiving anti-neoplastic therapies (ANTs) or not. Higher religion scores were associated with lower levels of inflammation in advanced cancer patients still undergoing ANTs. Additionally, higher IPA was an independent good prognostic factor in patients on active ANTs. Further studies are necessary to confirm these findings and to investigate possible biological mechanisms involved.
KW - Cancer
KW - Chemotherapy
KW - Prayer
KW - Religiosity
KW - Survival
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U2 - 10.1007/s10943-013-9770-6
DO - 10.1007/s10943-013-9770-6
M3 - Article
C2 - 23990104
AN - SCOPUS:84882741721
SN - 0022-4197
VL - 53
SP - 1717
EP - 1727
JO - Journal of Religion and Health
JF - Journal of Religion and Health
IS - 6
ER -