The effect of spiritual well-being on symptom experience in patients with cancer.
Randa M AlbusoulAmer A HasanienMaysoon S AbdalrahimRuqayya S ZeilaniDua' Y Al-MaharmaPublished in: Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (2022)
Patients with cancer experience multiple symptoms related to the disease and its treatment. Improving patients' spiritual well-being through an increased sense of meaning and peace can improve cancer symptom experience by decreasing symptom distress. In general, hospitals in Jordan focus on direct symptom management and do not look after patients' spiritual needs. Raising awareness about the importance of patients' spiritual well-being and providing appropriate spiritual assessment and interventions to patients with spiritual distress can improve patients' symptom experience.