SPIRITUALITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF PATIENTS WITH HEAD AND NECK CANCERS

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Nirmala Margaret Emmanuel, Premila Lee, Irene George, Esther Gracy A, Vidya Konduru

head and neck cancer, quality of life, spirituality, correlation, well being

Head and neck cancers affect the quality of life (QOL) of the individuals. There are numerous factors which lead to the decrease in quality of life. Spirituality seems to have an impact on the QOL of the patients. Hence, a descriptive study was done to assess the relationship between spirituality and quality of life of patients with head and neck cancers. Consecutive sampling was used to select 56 patients at the out-patient unit who fulfilled the sampling criteria. The study was approved by the Institutional Review Board and permissions were obtained from the Nursing Superintendent and Nursing Heads of the respective areas of patient care. Written consent was obtained from the patients willing to participate in the study. Patients were asked to complete patient information proforma containing demographic data such as age, sex, education, occupation, family income, place of residence, religion, type of family, number of members in the family, and involvement in social activities. Spiritual experience was assessed using Daily Spiritual Experience Scale – a standardized 6 point Likert scale with 16 statements regarding spiritual experience, and quality of life was assessed using FACT – H & N scale – a standardized 5 point Likert scale with 39 statements regarding physical, social, emotional, functional, and disease impact wellbeing were used to collect data during preoperative counseling. Data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The study revealed that the quality of life of the patients were low (64.93 + 16.5) and there was no significant relationship between the spirituality and the quality of life (r=0.16, p=0.237). However there was a significant association between the spiritual experience and age (χ2= 22.101,p=0.005), social wellbeing and family type (χ2= 12.627,p=0.049), and relationship with caregiver and faith (χ2= 7.218,p=0.023) of the patient. Longitudinal studies can be performed to identify the change in spirituality and the quality of life of patients with head and neck cancer to identify a significant relationship between the two variables.

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Nirmala Margaret Emmanuel, Premila Lee, Irene George, Esther Gracy A, & Vidya Konduru (March-2023). SPIRITUALITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF PATIENTS WITH HEAD AND NECK CANCERS. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NOVEL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, 8(3), a438-a440. https://ijnrd.org/papers/IJNRD2303045.pdf

Volume 8 Issue 3, March-2023

Pages : a438-a440

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