The role of religion and spirituality in coping with kidney disease and haemodialysis in Thailand Yodchai, K, Dunning, Patricia, Savage, Sally and Hutchinson, Alison 2016, The role of religion and spirituality in coping with kidney disease and haemodialysis in Thailand, Scandinavian journal of caring sciences, pp. 1-9, doi: 10.1111/scs.12355. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title The role of religion and spirituality in coping with kidney disease and haemodialysis in Thailand Author(s) Yodchai, K Dunning, Patricia orcid.org/0000-0002-0284-1706 Savage, Sally Hutchinson, Alison orcid.org/0000-0001-5065-2726 Journal name Scandinavian journal of caring sciences Start page 1 End page 9 Total pages 9 Publisher Wiley Place of publication Chichester, Eng. Publication date 2016-06-21 ISSN 0283-9318 1471-6712 Keyword(s) haemodialysis chronic kidney disease religion spirituality Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Nursing STAGE RENAL-DISEASE QUALITY-OF-LIFE PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS ESRD PATIENTS POPULATION ADAPTATION STRATEGIES DIALYSIS BELIEFS ADULT Summary BACKGROUND: People with chronic kidney disease (CKD) face various problems including psychological, socioeconomic and physical effects associated with CKD and its treatment. They need to develop strategies to help them cope with CKD and life challenges. Religion and spirituality are important coping strategies, but their role in helping people cope with CKD and haemodialysis (HD) in Thailand is relatively unknown. AIMS: To investigate the role of religion and spirituality in coping with CKD and its treatment in Thailand. DESIGN: An exploratory, qualitative approach was undertaken using semistructured individual interviews. METHOD: Purposive sampling was used to recruit participants. Face-to-face, in-depth individual interviews using open questions were conducted during January and February 2012. Interviews were audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim. Data were analysed using the framework method of qualitative data analysis. FINDINGS: Twenty people receiving HD participated: age range 23-77 years, mean 53.7 (±16.38 SD). Ten were women. Participants reported use of religious and spiritual practices to cope with CKD and its treatment, including religious and spiritual explanations for developing CKD, karmic disease, making merit, reading Dharma books, praying and chanting to save life and making a vow to Pran-Boon. CONCLUSION: Religion and spirituality provide powerful coping strategies that can help Thai people with CKD overcome the associated distress and difficulties. Religion and spirituality cannot be separated in Thai culture because Thai people are both religious and spiritual. Language eng DOI 10.1111/scs.12355 Field of Research 111003 Clinical Nursing: Secondary (Acute Care) 1110 Nursing Socio Economic Objective 920210 Nursing HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2016, Nordic College of Caring Science Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30085768 Document type: Journal Article Collection: School of Nursing and Midwifery Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges   Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 30 Aug 2016, 13:21:15 EST Wed, 31 Aug 2016, 05:01:37 EST Wed, 31 Aug 2016, 08:15:38 EST Wed, 31 Aug 2016, 08:16:15 EST Fri, 09 Sep 2016, 06:09:21 EST Tue, 25 Oct 2016, 09:24:51 EST Tue, 25 Oct 2016, 09:32:51 EST Tue, 25 Oct 2016, 09:34:04 EST Fri, 18 Nov 2016, 15:03:27 EST Fri, 21 Apr 2017, 13:45:44 EST Tue, 27 Jun 2017, 11:43:37 EST Sat, 22 Jul 2017, 02:30:23 EST Sat, 26 Aug 2017, 02:31:15 EST Fri, 15 Sep 2017, 12:04:30 EST Fri, 15 Sep 2017, 12:05:35 EST Mon, 18 Sep 2017, 08:18:06 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 28 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 30 Aug 2016, 13:21:15 EST

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