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  • Title: Spiritual struggle: effect on quality of life and life satisfaction in women with breast cancer.
    Author: Manning-Walsh J.
    Journal: J Holist Nurs; 2005 Jun; 23(2):120-40; discussion 141-4. PubMed ID: 15883461.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: Women with breast cancer experience stressors affecting quality of life (QOL) and life satisfaction. Little is known about effects of spiritual struggle as a coping strategy on QOL and life satisfaction. PURPOSE: Examine relationships between spiritual struggle, QOL, and life satisfaction. METHOD: Nonprobablility sample of 100 participants recruited from an Internet Web site with mailed questionnaires. Three instruments were used: breast cancer-specific version of Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy Scale (FACT-B), Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Spiritual (FACIT-Sp-12) combined for QOL, Negative Coping subscale of Religious Coping (RCOPE) for spiritual struggle, and a single-item measuring life satisfaction. FINDINGS: Small inverse relationships between spiritual struggle, QOL (r = -.36, p < .001), and life satisfaction (r = -.31, p < .001) existed. CONCLUSIONS: Spiritual struggle gives voice to women's questionings implying lower QOL and life satisfaction. IMPLICATIONS: Assessment of and assistance with managing spiritual struggle are necessary to promote QOL and life satisfaction among those facing difficult health problems.
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