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Original paper

Assessment of the relation between religiosity, mental health, and psychological resilience in breast cancer patients

Evangelos C. Fradelos
,
Dimitra Latsou
,
Dimitroula Mitsi
,
Konstantinos Tsaras
,
Dimitra Lekka
,
Maria Lavdaniti
,
Foteini Tzavella
,
Ioanna V. Papathanasiou

Contemp Oncol (Pozn) 2018; 22 (3): 172-177
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/wo.2018.78947
Online publish date: 2018/09/30
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Aim of the study
The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between religiosity, mental health, and psychological resilience in breast cancer patients.

Material and methods
A crosssectional study was conducted in an oncology department of a hospital in northern Greece during February and March 2017. The sample consisted of 152 breast cancer patients. Data were collected with the following instruments: Patient Health Questionnaire two-item scale, Generalised Anxiety Disorder two-item scale, ConnorDavidson Resilience Scale 25, and Centrality of Religiosity Scale. Also, patients’ characteristics were included, specifically demographic, social, and clinical information. Statistical analyses were conducted with the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences V25.

Results
According to our results, approximately 1 out of 3 patients had depression and anxiety. Also, the sample had moderate resilience and were moderately religious. Patients who were classified as end-stage cancer patients and those who underwent mastectomy found to be more religious. Religiosity correlated positively with the resilience, while no correlation was found with depression, anxiety, and symptom burden. Based on regression results, religious beliefs seem to be a predictive factor for resilience and resilience is a predictive factor for depression.

Conclusions
Our findings show that there was no association between religiosity and mental health, while a strong relation was highlighted between religious beliefs and psychological resilience. This study should constitute a starting point for further assessments regarding the fact that religiosity can provide social support that facilitates psychological adaption to illness and helps cancer patients to cope with their illness, which should be recognised by health care professionals.

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religiosity, breast cancer, psychological resilience, depression, anxiety
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