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SynthesisJournal of religion and health2025

Spiritual Interventions to Improve Quality of Life and Spiritual Well-Being: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Ambar Relawati, Erna Rochmawati, Yanuar Primanda, Abdu Rahim Kamil, Arianti, Fahni Haris, Resti Yulianti Sutrisno, Erfin Firmawati

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Synthesis in Journal of religion and health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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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

8 authors.

Ambar RelawatiSchool of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, and Health Science, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, Kasman Singodimejo Postgraduate Building, Level 2, Jl Brawijaya, Tamantirto, Kasihan, Bantul, Special Region of Yogyakarta, 55183, Indonesia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1605-7744
Erna RochmawatiSchool of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, and Health Science, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, Kasman Singodimejo Postgraduate Building, Level 2, Jl Brawijaya, Tamantirto, Kasihan, Bantul, Special Region of Yogyakarta, 55183, Indonesia. erna.rochmawati@umy.ac.id.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2193-6812
Yanuar PrimandaSchool of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, and Health Science, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, Kasman Singodimejo Postgraduate Building, Level 2, Jl Brawijaya, Tamantirto, Kasihan, Bantul, Special Region of Yogyakarta, 55183, Indonesia.
Abdu Rahim KamilFaculty of Nursing, Universitas Muhammadiyah Jakarta, Cempaka Putih Tengah I St., Cempaka Putih, Jakarta Pusat, DKI Jakarta, 10510, Indonesia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3856-7232
AriantiSchool of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, and Health Science, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, Kasman Singodimejo Postgraduate Building, Level 2, Jl Brawijaya, Tamantirto, Kasihan, Bantul, Special Region of Yogyakarta, 55183, Indonesia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9271-6804
Fahni HarisSchool of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, and Health Science, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, Kasman Singodimejo Postgraduate Building, Level 2, Jl Brawijaya, Tamantirto, Kasihan, Bantul, Special Region of Yogyakarta, 55183, Indonesia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2222-8554
Resti Yulianti SutrisnoSchool of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, and Health Science, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, Kasman Singodimejo Postgraduate Building, Level 2, Jl Brawijaya, Tamantirto, Kasihan, Bantul, Special Region of Yogyakarta, 55183, Indonesia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1309-861X
Erfin FirmawatiSchool of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, and Health Science, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, Kasman Singodimejo Postgraduate Building, Level 2, Jl Brawijaya, Tamantirto, Kasihan, Bantul, Special Region of Yogyakarta, 55183, Indonesia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8158-5458

Funding

Institute of Research and Innovation, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta No 034/PEN-LP3M/I/2021
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aimed to systematically assess the evidence regarding the efficacy of spiritual interventions on quality of life and spiritual well-being among patients with cancer. PubMed, CINAHL, PsycINFO, Embase, MEDLINE (via EBSCOhost), and Web of Science databases were searched. Studies were included if these reported spiritual interventions for adult patients with cancer. Quality assessment of the included studies were conducted using the Critical Appraisal Tool for Randomized Controlled Trials from Joanna Briggs Institute. The review was registered in PROSPERO (CRD42021277873). A total of ten randomized controlled trials that enrolled 1332 patients with cancer were included. Spiritual interventions of the included studies involve: meaning-centered, mindfulness, dignity therapy, yoga, spiritual counseling, and body-mind-spirit group therapy. The length of the interventions ranged from 2 to 12 sessions. Further analysis shows spiritual interventions improve spiritual well-being (N = 479, 95% CI = 0.36 to 1.97, p < 0.0001), and Quality of Life (N = 706, 95% CI = 0.07 to 0.40, p = 0.004). Spiritual interventions are proved to be effective to improve spiritual well-being and quality of life. It is important for nurses and healthcare professionals to integrate spiritual interventions to improve the quality of care including patients' spiritual well-being and quality of life.

Indexed as

NeoplasmsQuality of LifeSpiritualitySpiritual TherapiesHumansRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicCancerQuality of lifeSpiritual interventionSpiritualitySpiritual well-being

Identifiers

PMID40517192

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