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?

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, an...

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Authors: Paiva, Carlos Eduardo (Author) ; Hui, David (Author) ; Paiva, Bianca Sakamoto Ribeiro (Author) ; Yennurajalingam, Sriram (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: [2014]
In: Journal of religion and health
Year: 2014, Volume: 53, Issue: 6, Pages: 1717-1727
Further subjects:B Chemotherapy
B Religiosity
B Survival
B Cancer
B Prayer
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)