OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of prayer on anxiety in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. METHOD: Quasi-experimental study, with pre and post-intervention. Twenty patients admitted to treatment of continuous intravenous chemotherapy were recruited. The volunteers were evaluated through interviews using a questionnaire of sociodemographic, clinical and spiritual characteristics, the Index of Religiosity Duke University and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. Vital signs were measured and collected salivary cortisol. The intervention was applied prayer and data collection occurred in three phases: first collection (baseline), pre and post-intervention. RESULTS: The data found between the pre and post-intervention samples showed different statistically significant for state anxiety (p= <0.00), blood pressure (systolic, p=0.00, diastolic, p=<0.00) and respiratory rate (p=0.04). CONCLUSION: Prayer, therefore, proved to be an effective strategy in reducing the anxiety of the patient undergoing chemotherapy.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of prayer on anxiety in cancerpatients undergoing chemotherapy. METHOD: Quasi-experimental study, with pre and post-intervention. Twenty patients admitted to treatment of continuous intravenous chemotherapy were recruited. The volunteers were evaluated through interviews using a questionnaire of sociodemographic, clinical and spiritual characteristics, the Index of Religiosity Duke University and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. Vital signs were measured and collected salivary cortisol. The intervention was applied prayer and data collection occurred in three phases: first collection (baseline), pre and post-intervention. RESULTS: The data found between the pre and post-intervention samples showed different statistically significant for state anxiety (p= <0.00), blood pressure (systolic, p=0.00, diastolic, p=<0.00) and respiratory rate (p=0.04). CONCLUSION: Prayer, therefore, proved to be an effective strategy in reducing the anxiety of the patient undergoing chemotherapy.
Authors: Fabiana Cristina Dos Santos; Tamara G R Macieira; Yingwei Yao; Samantha Hunter; Olatunde O Madandola; Hwayoung Cho; Ragnhildur I Bjarnadottir; Karen Dunn Lopez; Diana J Wilkie; Gail M Keenan Journal: J Palliat Med Date: 2022-01-26 Impact factor: 2.947