Religion/spirituality and health in the context of cancer: Cross‐domain integration, unresolved issues, and future directions
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This article summarizes the findings of 3 previous meta‐analytic reviews presented in this issue that evaluate associations between religiousness/spirituality (R/S) and patient‐reported outcomes across mental, physical, and social health domains. The results are synthesized, caveats in interpreting this set of analyses are discussed, directions are provided for future research, and tentative suggestions are made for clinical applications.
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Recent meta-analyses of 1341 effects drawn from over 44,000 patients with cancer demonstrated an overall positive relationship between RS and self-reported measures of health outcomes, but the strength varied as a function of RS dimension and physical, mental, and social outcomes assessed.
“Recent meta-analyses of 1341 effects drawn from over 44,000 patients with cancer demonstrated an overall positive relationship between RS and self-reported measures of health outcomes (Park et al., 2015) but the strength of that relationship varied as a function of both the RS dimension and the physical (Jim et al., 2015), mental (Salsman et al., 2015), and social (Sherman et al., 2015) outcomes”
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The strongest relationships were found between affective dimensions of RS and mental health outcomes, whereas behavioral RS constructs showed few significant associations with health, except for a modest positive relationship with social health outcomes.
“The strongest relationships were found between affective dimensions of RS (e.g., sense of meaning, purpose, or connection to a source larger than oneself) and mental health outcomes, whereas behavioral RS constructs (e.g., service attendance, prayer and meditation) showed few significant associations with health, except for a modest positive relationship with social health outcomes.”
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Using the FACIT-Sp as a predictor of well-being outcomes is a common misuse which confounds predictor and outcome variables.
“care should be taken to avoid using the measure as a predictor of well-being outcomes—a common misuse which confounds predictor and outcome variables (Park et al., 2015).”
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- Authors
- Park, C. L., Sherman, A. C., Jim, H. S. L., & Salsman, J. M.
- Affiliations
- University of Connecticut (US)
- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (US)
- University of South Florida (US)
- Northwestern University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Park, Crystal L.
- Venue
- Cancer
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2015-08-10
- Volume
- 121
- Issue
- 21
- Pages
- 3789-3794
- ISSN
- 0008-543X (ISSN-L)
- 1097-0142
- PMC
- PMC4618033
- OpenAlex
- W2146936985
- Cited by
- 49
- References
- 43
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 8 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 3
- FWCI
- 6.21
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Cancer (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Cancer Institute (K07CA158008)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Health › Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer survivorship and care
- Social Sciences › Demography › Workplace Spirituality and Leadership
- Keywords
- religiosity, spirituality, patient-reported outcomes, mental health, physical health, social health, cross-domain integration, clinical application
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Psychological, Cognition, Health Status, Humans, Mental Health, Neoplasms, Quality of Life, Religion and Medicine, Outcome Assessment, Health Care, Spirituality, Social Skills
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