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CORRELATION BETWEEN RELIGIOUS COPING AND DEPRESSION IN CANCER PATIENTS

Fatemeh Haghighi ; Department of Pathology, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran

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Background: Cancer often progresses very rapidly and either leads to various complications or patients eventually die of the
disease. One of important consequences of cancer is depression which can increase the morbidity and mortality in non-treated cases.
Religious coping is the use of religious beliefs or practices to reduce distress and deal with problems in life. This study aimed to
determine the relationship between religious coping and depression in cancer patients.
Subjects and methods: A descriptive-correlational study was conducted on 150 consequent cancer patients in three centers:
Imam-Reza Hospital in Birjand, Qaem and Omid hospitals in Mashhad. Two questionnaires including Pargament’s questionnaire for
evaluation of religious coping and the Beck depression inventory were used. Data analysis was performed using multiple regression
and correlation.
Results: There was no significant difference between men and women in the mean score of avoidant relationship with God and
alternate fearfulness and hopefulness (ambivalence coping style). But the mean score of relationship with God in women was higher
than men. The rate of depression was higher among patients who had an avoidant strategy. The religious coping method of
relationship with God was effective in reducing depression. The rate of depression was lower among patients whose families had a
better attitude to religion.
Conclusions: Psychotherapy, individual/familial counseling, and especially increasing of religious beliefs such as praying and
trust in God, as well as increasing the knowledge of patient and his/her family cause better acceptance of the disease and better
confrontation of psychological problems.

Ključne riječi

religious coping – depression - cancer

Hrčak ID:

161193

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/161193

Datum izdavanja:

17.9.2013.

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