Prevalence, defining characteristics, and predictors of the nursing diagnosis of spiritual distress in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy: A longitudinal study.

Helga Martins Tiago Dias Domingues Emília Campos de Carvalho Timmins Fiona Sílvia Caldeira

Published in: Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (2022)

The identification of the prevalence, predictors, sensitivity, and specificity of the DC of the nursing diagnosis of spiritual distress in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy may facilitate nurses' clinical reasoning and improve the planning of nursing care in clinical practice in order to improve spiritual well-being in cancer patients.

Keyphrases

patients undergoing
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mental health
healthcare
clinical practice
risk factors
squamous cell
advanced cancer
locally advanced
quality improvement
lymph node metastasis
palliative care
dendritic cells
rectal cancer