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ArticleJournal of palliative medicine2021

Association between Spirituality, Religiosity, Spiritual Pain, Symptom Distress, and Quality of Life among Latin American Patients with Advanced Cancer: A Multicenter Study.

Marvin O Delgado-Guay, Alejandra Palma, Eva Duarte, Mónica Grez, Laura Tupper, Diane D Liu, Eduardo Bruera

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In one paragraph

Article in Journal of palliative medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
39citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
5.2field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

39 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 74 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Association of spirituality and quality of life in cancer survivors: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025
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  2. Survivorship care for people affected by advanced or metastatic cancer: MASCC-ASCO standards and practice recommendations.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024
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  7. Exploring the understanding and management of anxiety from cancer in Latino/a older adults and their caregivers.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026
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  17. Interventions to support spirituality among adults with cancer: a scoping review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Marvin O Delgado-GuayDepartment of Palliative, Rehabilitation, and Integrative Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
Alejandra PalmaSeccion de Cuidados Continuos y Paliativos, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Eva DuarteDepartamento de Cuidados Paliativos, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología de Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala.
Mónica GrezSeccion de Cuidados Continuos y Paliativos, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Laura TupperSeccion de Cuidados Continuos y Paliativos, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Diane D LiuDepartment of Biostatistics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
Eduardo BrueraDepartment of Palliative, Rehabilitation, and Integrative Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · US

Funding

Tumor Evolution and Metastasis ProgramP30CA016672 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI Fabien Delerue · 1985 to 2026
$290.8M
Dignity Therapy RCT led by Nurses or Chaplains for Elderly Cancer OutpatientsR01CA200867 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI EMANUEL, LINDA LEAH, FITCHETT, GEORGE · 2016 to 2020
$3.2M
Parenteral Hydration in Advanced Cancer Patients: A Randomized Controlled TrialR01CA122292 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI BRUERA, EDUARDO · 2006 to 2009
$2.2M
Methylphenidate for Fatigue in Advanced Cancer PatientsR01NR010162 · NINR · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI BRUERA, EDUARDO · 2006 to 2009
$1.3M
Morphine versus Methadone as First Line Strong Opioid for Cancer PainR01CA124481 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI BRUERA, EDUARDO · 2007 to 2009
$1.2M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016672NCI NIH HHS R01 CA122292NCI NIH HHS R01 CA124481NCI NIH HHS R01 CA200867NINR NIH HHS R01 NR010162
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

NeoplasmsQuality of LifeAdaptation, PsychologicalFemaleHumansLatin AmericaMaleMiddle AgedPainSpiritualityLatin American cancer patientsquality of lifereligiosityspiritualityspiritual pain

Identifiers

PMID33844951
PMCPMC9022128
OpenAlexW3154739332

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