Demoralization and spirituality in oncology: an integrative systematic review.

Ana Cláudia Mesquita Garcia Milena Schneiders Kárita Santos da Mota Vander Monteiro da Conceição David W Kissane

Published in: Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (2023)

Demoralization tends to increase with growing frailty and the proximity of death in people with cancer, and it seems to be inversely related to spirituality, both in these patients and in their caregivers.

Keyphrases

systematic review
end stage renal disease
palliative care
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
papillary thyroid
peritoneal dialysis
randomized controlled trial
squamous cell carcinoma
squamous cell
drug induced
community dwelling