RT Article
T1 The Impact of Religiosity and Individual Prayer Activities on Advanced Cancer Patients' Health: Is There Any Difference in Function of Whether or Not Receiving Palliative Anti-neoplastic Therapy?
JF Journal of religion and health
VO 53
IS 6
SP 1717
OP 1727
A1 Paiva, Carlos Eduardo
A1 Hui, David
A1 Paiva, Bianca Sakamoto Ribeiro
A1 Yennurajalingam, Sriram
A2 Hui, David
A2 Paiva, Bianca Sakamoto Ribeiro
A2 Yennurajalingam, Sriram
LA English
YR 2014
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1668433192
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.
K1 Cancer
K1 Chemotherapy
K1 Prayer
K1 Religiosity
K1 Survival
DO 10.1007/s10943-013-9770-6