RELIGIOUS/SPIRITUAL COPING: A STUDY WITH FAMILY CAREGIVERS OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS UNDERGOING CHEMOTHERAPY

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v24i0.62297

Keywords:

Psychological adaptation, Religion, Spirituality, Caregiver, Nursing care.

Abstract

Objective: To identify the style of religious-spiritual coping used by family caregivers of
children and adolescents undergoing chemotherapy.
Method: Quantitative descriptive study. Data from 63 family caregivers in a pediatric hospital
in Distrito Federal was collected through a questionnaire for characterization of the sample
and the religious/spiritual coping scale. Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version
16.0 and Microsoft Excel 2013 were used in the analysis.
Results: The total value of religious/spiritual coping obtained was 3.7. The mean value of
positive religious/spiritual coping was 3.4 and of negative religious/spiritual coping was 2. The
negative religious/spiritual coping (NRSC)/positive religious/spiritual coping (PRSC) ratio was
0.6, with a tendency for the use of negative strategies in religious/spiritual coping.
Conclusion: Family caregivers used religious-spiritual coping through positive and negative
strategies, with a predominance of negative strategies. These results support nursing care by
associating the competencies for care delivery in the physical dimension to the spiritual needs
of the family unit.

Author Biographies

Rosangela Garcia Jaramillo, Universidade de Brasília

Doutoranda do Programa de Pós-Graduação do Departamento de Enfermagem da Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde da Universidade de Brasília

Pedro Sadi Monteiro, Universidade de Brasília

Pós-Doutor pela University College of London. Professor Adjunto do Departamento de Enfermagem da Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde da Universidade de Brasília- UNB, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brasil.

Moema da Silva Borges, Universidade de Brasília

Doutora. Professora do Departamento de Enfermagem da Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde da Universidade de Brasília - UNB, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brasil

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Published

2019-08-26

How to Cite

Jaramillo, R. G., Monteiro, P. S., & Borges, M. da S. (2019). RELIGIOUS/SPIRITUAL COPING: A STUDY WITH FAMILY CAREGIVERS OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS UNDERGOING CHEMOTHERAPY. Cogitare Enfermagem, 24. https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v24i0.62297

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Vol. 24 (2019)

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

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