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Examining the Relationships Between Spiritual Well-Being, Social Support, and Quality-of-Life among Advanced Cancer Patients

Williams, Dionne A
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1682937209222246

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2023, Doctor of Philosophy, Case Western Reserve University, Nursing.
Quality of life (QOL) is defined as a person’s overall satisfaction with their well-being. Persons with advanced cancer are susceptible to poor QOL due to the impact of their disease. Betty Ferrell’s Quality-of-Life model measured the QOL among cancer survivors. It has four domains: physical well-being, emotional well-being, social well-being, and spiritual well-being. However, not all models include SWB as a component of QOL, such as the Wilson & Cleary’s and the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. Both models fail to address spiritual wellness, which may be crucial to a person’s cancer trajectory. The primary focus of this study is to investigate whether SWB and QOL are associated. If the evidence supports the relationship between SWB and QOL, we further argue for including SWB in QOL models and frameworks. Furthermore, researchers suggested that cancer patients who perceive adequate social support and resources cope better and adapt to their disease than patients who perceive inadequate social support. Good social support, which has been shown to affect QOL positively, may be more strongly associated with SWB. Therefore, we investigated the relationship between social support and SWB. Additionally, we examined the relationship of demographic factors that previous research has suggested may be related to SWB (age, race). This exploration can then assist nurses in understanding influences on SWB and help identify patients more likely to be at risk for spiritual distress and diminished QOL.
Barbara Daly (Committee Chair)
Cynthia Owusu (Committee Member)
Diana Morris (Committee Member)
Sara Douglas (Committee Member)
158 p.
Nursing
advanced cancer; spiritual well-being; social support; quality-of-life

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  • Williams, D. A. (2023). Examining the Relationships Between Spiritual Well-Being, Social Support, and Quality-of-Life among Advanced Cancer Patients [Doctoral dissertation, Case Western Reserve University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1682937209222246

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Williams, Dionne. Examining the Relationships Between Spiritual Well-Being, Social Support, and Quality-of-Life among Advanced Cancer Patients. 2023. Case Western Reserve University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1682937209222246.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Williams, Dionne. "Examining the Relationships Between Spiritual Well-Being, Social Support, and Quality-of-Life among Advanced Cancer Patients." Doctoral dissertation, Case Western Reserve University, 2023. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1682937209222246

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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