Skip to main content
Journal cover image

Lost in translation.

Publication ,  Journal Article
Hays, JC
Published in: Public health nursing (Boston, Mass.)
January 2008

BACKGROUND: Anxiety and depression are common in seriously ill patients and may be associated with spiritual concerns. Little research has examined how concerns in different domains of spirituality are related to anxiety and depression. OBJECTIVE: To examine the association of spiritual history and current spiritual well-being with symptoms of anxiety and depression in patients with advanced illness. METHODS: Cross-sectional cohort study METHODS: Two hundred and ten patients with advanced illness, of whom 1/3 were diagnosed with cancer, 1/3 COPD, and 1/3 CHF. The mean age of the sample was 66 years, and 91% were Christian. METHODS: Outcome measures were the Profile of Mood States' Anxiety Subscale (POMS) and 10-item Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CESD). Predictors were three subscales of the Spiritual History Scale measuring past religious help-seeking and support, past religious participation, and past negative religious experiences and two subscales of the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy Spiritual Well-Being Scale measuring the role of faith in illness and meaning, peace, and purpose in life. We conducted multiple regression analyses, controlling for demographics, disease type and severity, self-rated religiousness/spirituality, and frequency of religious attendance and devotion. RESULTS: In adjusted analyses, greater spiritual well-being, including both beliefs about the role of faith in illness and meaning, peace, and purpose in life were associated with fewer symptoms of anxiety (P ≤ 0.001) and depression (P

Duke Scholars

Published In

Public health nursing (Boston, Mass.)

DOI

ISSN

0737-1209

Publication Date

January 2008

Volume

24

Issue

6

Start / End Page

489 / 490

Related Subject Headings

  • Nursing
  • 1117 Public Health and Health Services
  • 1110 Nursing
 

Citation

APA
Chicago
ICMJE
MLA
NLM
Hays, J. C. (2008). Lost in translation. Public Health Nursing (Boston, Mass.), 24(6), 489–490. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1525-1446.2007.00660.x
Hays, J. C. “Lost in translation.Public Health Nursing (Boston, Mass.) 24, no. 6 (January 2008): 489–90. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1525-1446.2007.00660.x.
Hays JC. Lost in translation. Public health nursing (Boston, Mass). 2008 Jan;24(6):489–90.
Hays, J. C. “Lost in translation.Public Health Nursing (Boston, Mass.), vol. 24, no. 6, Jan. 2008, pp. 489–90. Manual, doi:10.1111/j.1525-1446.2007.00660.x.
Hays JC. Lost in translation. Public health nursing (Boston, Mass). 2008 Jan;24(6):489–490.
Journal cover image

Published In

Public health nursing (Boston, Mass.)

DOI

ISSN

0737-1209

Publication Date

January 2008

Volume

24

Issue

6

Start / End Page

489 / 490

Related Subject Headings

  • Nursing
  • 1117 Public Health and Health Services
  • 1110 Nursing