Abstract
This research emphasizes the nurse’s role in incorporating Islamic teaching through the care practices provided in order to promote spiritual well-being in Muslim women with breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy. In addition, religion and spirituality have been recognized as the primary resources for coping. The aim of the study, therefore, was to explore the impact of an Islam-based caring intervention on the spiritual well-being of Muslim women with cancer. Furthermore, data were collected using a questionnaire and, also, the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Spiritual well-being (FACIT-Sp) on baseline (Time 1), days 3 (Time 2), 23 (Time 3), and 44 (Time 4). The results showed the significant impact of an Islam-based caring intervention on the participants’ level of spiritual well-being. In addition, the mean scores varied between the intervention and control group over time. Based on the reflection, participants stipulated feeling peace of mind, closer to God, spirit for further life, and healthier.
Highlights
The most frequent origin of deaths related to cancer in women worldwide is breast cancer (DeSantis et al 2015), and many patients are late to seek treatment
Individuals with advanced-stage breast cancer commonly suffer spiritual distress caused by the disease, diagnosis, treatments, and their complications
The demographic information obtained from women with breast cancer, and the individual variables include age, education, occupation, marital status, number of children, family income, stage of breast cancer, surgical action, chemotherapy treatment, and cycle (Table 1)
Summary
The most frequent origin of deaths related to cancer in women worldwide is breast cancer (DeSantis et al 2015), and many patients are late to seek treatment This is because hospital visitations are made at advanced stages of the disease or after a fatal metastasis condition. Spiritual distress occurs when a person experiences severe physical and emotional pain, leading them to question their beliefs (crossroadshospice.com 2020) The treatment at this stage is stressful and requires various physical, psychological, behavioral, social, and spiritual concerns (Thasaneesuwan et al 2018). The affected patients express concern about the meaning of life, death, and suffering and, attribute the illness to a form of punishment (Caldeira et al 2017; Martins et al 2019) This is sometimes accompanied with the feeling of anger, sadness, withdrawal, Religions 2020, 11, 361; doi:10.3390/rel11070361 www.mdpi.com/journal/religions
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