Quality of Life in Amazonian Women during Cervical Cancer Treatment

The Moderating Role of Spirituality

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ID15499076
AuthorsRosana Pimentel Correia Moysés (0000-0003-4992-1698, Universidade Federal do Amazonas), Inês Marques (0000-0001-5733-144X, University of Minho), B Daiana Santos (0000-0001-5240-5219, University of Minho), Adele Schwartz Benzaken (0000-0002-5789-0695), Adele Benzaken (0000-0002-1656-5749, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz), M Graça Pereira (0000-0001-7987-2562, University of Minho, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume20
Issue3
Pages2487-2487
Publication date2023-01-30
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph20032487
PMID36767853
OpenAlexW4318485040
LanguageEN
References cited28

This study aimed to examine the contribution of psychological variables to quality of life (QoL) of Amazonian women and to analyze the moderating role of spirituality in the relationship between psychological morbidity and Qol and between illness perception and QoL. This cross-sectional study included 119 women undergoing treatment for cervical cancer (CC). The Pearson correlation test was used to evaluate the relationship between sociodemographic, clinical, and psychological variables. To test how psychological morbidity, illness perception, and spirituality contribute to QoL, a path analysis was performed and to test the moreating role of spirituality, a moderation analysis was conducted. The results revealed that the presence of symptoms, high psychological morbidity, negative body image, and threatening illness perception were predictors of lower QoL. Spirituality moderated the relationship between psychological morbidity and QoL, and between illness perception and QoL. The moderating role of spirituality emphasizes its role as a coping strategy and should be included in cancer treatment. Interventions should target psychological morbidity, threatening illness perception, and address women's concerns with body image and sexual concerns. CC treatment should include interprofessional healthcare teams addressing the biological and psychosocial factors of Amazonian women. As a result of this study a mobile application to monitor women's health, adapted to cultural and social characteristics, was created

Alternative medicine · Cancer · Cervical cancer · Coping (psychology · Moderation · Path analysis (statistics · Perception · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Psychosocial · Psychotherapist · Quality of life (healthcare · Spirituality · Cancer survivorship and care · Clinical Psychology · Family Support in Illness · Health and Wellbeing Research · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology · Internal Medicine

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