Evaluation of spiritual needs of patients with advanced cancer in a palliative care unit.

Abstract:

INTRODUCTION:Spiritual needs play an important role in palliative care as both a clinical dimension and a therapeutic strategy. However, recent studies have shown that the management of this dimension still remains a challenge at the clinical level of palliative care. GOALS:Our goal was to evaluate the spiritual needs of patients diagnosed with advanced and terminal cancer by the palliative care unit of a hospital in Barcelona, Spain. METHODS:An observational study was conducted that involved 50 patients who were recruited between May 2007 and January 2008. A questionnaire was used which included 28 items selected from a review of the literature; the responses were analyzed using a five-point Lickert scale. The results were grouped in 11 categories corresponding to different spiritual needs. RESULTS:Two spiritual needs emerged as the most relevant for the patients: their need to be recognized as a person until the end of their life and their need to know the truth about their illness. The least important spiritual needs were identified as those: for continuity and an afterlife; to get rid of obsessions; to achieve freedom from blame and to be able to forgive others; and the need for reconciliation and to feel forgiven by others. CONCLUSIONS:When patients knew the truth about their illnesses and they were treated with dignity, their most important needs were likely to be covered. These results suggest that patients receiving palliative care wish to live for the present with as much normality as possible and show only minor concern for their past and future.

journal_name

J Palliat Med

authors

Vilalta A,Valls J,Porta J,Viñas J

doi

10.1089/jpm.2013.0569

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2014-05-01 00:00:00

pages

592-600

issue

5

eissn

1096-6218

issn

1557-7740

journal_volume

17

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