Religious and other predictors of psychosocial adjustment in cancer patients

Author(s): Doddi, S., Karagji, B., Pollack, S.

Journal/Book: Psychosomatics. 1999; 40: 1400 K St N W, Ste 1101, Washington, DC 20005, USA. Amer Psychiatric Press, Inc. 251-256.

Abstract: The authors tested the hypothesis that religious variables, such as a person's belief that his/her illness was God's will, would predict psychosocial adjustment in 50 patients who were predominantly Catholic Hispanic women attending a medical oncology clinic (42 women, 8 men). The patients were free of an Axis I mental disorder cognitive impairment, and severe pain and were riot undergoing intensive chemotherapy By using the Psychosocial Adjustment to Illness Scale as the outcome measure, the authors found few associations with religious variables, but many to clinical variables.

Note: Article Rifkin A, Hillside Hosp, N Shore Long Isl Jewish Hlth Syst, Glen Oaks,NY 11004 USA

Keyword(s): MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; ILLNESS; DEPRESSION; SURVIVAL; ANXIETY; VALUES; SCALE; LIFE

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