The Relationship Between Psychological Pain, Spiritual Well-Being, and Social Support in Turkish Women Undergoing Therapeutic or Elective Abortion.
Figen Alp YılmazDilek AvciPublished in: Journal of religion and health (2024)
This study was conducted to determine the relationship between psychological pain, spiritual well-being, and social support among Turkish women undergoing therapeutic or elective abortion. The cross-sectional study was conducted with 342 women who were hospitalized in the gynecology and obstetrics service of a city hospital between March 2021 and December 2022 in Turkey. The mean psychological pain, spiritual well-being and perceived social support scores of women undergoing therapeutic/elective abortion were 26.96 ± 11.21, 110.72 ± 13.09 and 64.09 ± 15.62, respectively. There were a significant negative correlation between psychological pain with spiritual well-being and social support. According to linear regression analysis, spiritual well-being, social support, age, employment status, economic level, history of abortion, number of abortion, current abortion type, and gestational week were statistically significant predictive factors of psychological pain. Therefore, healthcare providers can provide individualized psychosocial-spiritual care and counseling services that decrease psychological pain in women after therapeutic or elective abortion.
Keyphrases
- social support
- depressive symptoms
- chronic pain
- healthcare
- pain management
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- neuropathic pain
- sleep quality
- pregnancy outcomes
- advanced cancer
- patients undergoing
- mental health
- palliative care
- primary care
- pregnant women
- spinal cord injury
- metabolic syndrome
- adipose tissue
- spinal cord
- weight gain
- breast cancer risk
- body mass index
- hiv infected
- mental illness
- quality improvement
- social media
- affordable care act