The role of spiritual factors in people living with chronic pain

A qualitative investigation

Dados Bibliográficos

ID22335063
AutoresMandy Corbett (Department of Pain Management, Greenwich Hospital, HammondCare, Sydney, Australia), Melanie Lovell (0000-0002-1407-2748, The University of Sydney), Philip J Siddall (0000-0002-5491-8795, The University of Sydney, autor correspondente)
Ano2017
Volume7
Fascículo2
Páginas142-153
Data de publicação2017-07-03
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal for the Study of Spirituality (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2044-0243 • E-ISSN: 2044-0251
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/20440243.2017.1370908
OpenAlexW2763623752
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas20

The role of existential and spiritual factors has been relatively under-explored in the field of chronic pain. The aim of this study was to explore in detail how people understood the spiritual dimension and, in particular, its relevance for and impact on their experience of pain. We undertook a qualitative study using semi-structured interviews and Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis with six people with chronic pain. Participants’ views of the spiritual dimension varied widely with some seeing it within a religious context and others describing a strong sense of the spiritual that had no religious context. Meaning and purpose were, however, consistent elements of all participants’ spirituality. Pain had an impact on people’s sense of meaning, purpose and identity which was very much intertwined with their relationships with others and, for some, a transcendent connection to nature or a higher being. The ability to redefine or recapture a sense of meaning, purpose, and identity through these relationships was central to their ability to adjust successfully to the presence of chronic pain

Aesthetics · Alternative medicine · Chronic pain · Epistemology · Existentialism · Interpretative phenomenological analysis · Psychiatry · Psychology of self · Psychotherapist · Qualitative research · Sociology · Spirituality · Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies · Medicine · Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology