RT Article
T1 Religiosity and Beliefs About the Transmission of Cancer, Chemotherapy, and Radiation Through Physical Contact in Saudi Arabia
JF Journal of religion and health
VO 58
IS 1
SP 221
OP 235
A1 Al-Wassia, Rolina
A1 Al-Zaben, Faten
A1 Koenig, Harold G. 1951-
A1 Sehlo, Mohammad Gamal
A2 Al-Zaben, Faten
A2 Koenig, Harold G. 1951-
A2 Sehlo, Mohammad Gamal
LA English
YR 2019
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1663317518
AB We examined relationships between religiosity and Saudi cancer patients' beliefs about the spread of cancer, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy through close physical contact. Surveyed were 64 patients seen in university oncology clinics. Assessed were beliefs about the spread of cancer and its treatments, along with religious, demographic, social, psychological, and cancer-related characteristics. Greater religiosity was related to older age, non-Saudi nationality, less anxiety, earlier cancer stage, and greater time since initial diagnosis. Non-significant trends suggested that religious practices were associated with less, but intrinsic religious beliefs with more concern about contagiousness, although the findings were limited by low statistical power.
K1 Cancer
K1 Chemotherapy
K1 Contagiousness
K1 Radiation therapy
K1 Religiosity
DO 10.1007/s10943-018-00745-y