ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2013
Spiritual needs in patients suffering from fibromyalgia.
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- Strategies to Cope with Phases of Spiritual Dryness in Seventh-Day Adventists.Journal of religion and health · 2021Article
- Experience of Spiritual Dryness and Acedia Symptoms in Seventh-Day Adventists.Journal of religion and health · 2021Article
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- Wondering Awe as a Perceptive Aspect of Spirituality and Its Relation to Indicators of Wellbeing: Frequency of Perception and Underlying Triggers.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Perceptions of Clergy Regarding the Provision of Spiritual Care in Lithuanian Hospitals for Cancer Patients.Journal of religion and health · 2020Article
- Translation, Cultural, and Clinical Validation of the Lithuanian Version of the Spiritual Needs Questionnaire among Hospitalized Cancer Patients.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2019Article
- 'Spirituality' in Health Studies: Competing Spiritualities and the Elevated Status of Mindfulness.Journal of religion and health · 2019Article
- German Soldiers' Needs to Clarify Open Aspects in Their Life, to Talk About Fears and Worries, and to Forgive and to Be Forgiven as a Matter of Life Reflection.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2018Article
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Abstract
The objective of this study was to assess spiritual needs of patients with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) and to evaluate correlations with disease and health associated variables. Using a set of standardized questionnaires (i.e., Spiritual Needs Questionnaire, Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire, SF-36's Quality of Life, Brief Multidimensional Life Satisfaction Scale, etc.), we enrolled 141 patients (95% women, mean age 58 ± 10 years). Here, needs for inner peace and giving/generativity scored the highest, while existential needs and religious needs scored lowest. Particularly inner peace needs and existential needs correlated with different domains of reduced mental health, particularly with anxiety, the intention to escape from illness, and psychosocial restrictions. Thirty-eight percent of the patients stated needs to be forgiven and nearly half to forgive someone from their past life. Therefore, the specific spiritual needs of patients with chronic diseases should be addressed in clinical care in order to identify potential therapeutic avenues to support and stabilize their psychoemotional situation.
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