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Influence of religiosity and spiritual coping on health-related quality of life in Saudi haemodialysis patients
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posted on 2017-01-01, 00:00 authored by J P Cruz, P C Colet, N Alquwez, E P Inocian, R S Al-Otaibi, Shariful IslamShariful IslamINTRODUCTION: Patients undergoing haemodialysis (HD) are frequently troubled by psychiatric disorders and coping problems, which can pose a serious threat to their physical and mental well-being. Using religious and spiritual interventions as a means of coping with physical and mental challenges is widely recognized. Although this topic has been well studied, in the Middle East regions, where Islam is the dominant religion, studies are limited. Thus, this study was performed to explore the influence of religiosity and spiritual coping (SC) on the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of Saudi patients receiving HD. METHODS: A total of 168 HD patients from three hospitals in Saudi Arabia formed a convenient sample for this descriptive, cross-sectional hospital-based study. Data collection was done via questionnaire-guided interviews using the Muslim Religious Index as well as the Arabic Versions of the Spiritual Coping Strategies scale and Quality of Life Index Dialysis. Regression analysis enabled identification of the factors influencing HRQoL. FINDINGS: Older patients were found to reveal higher levels of religiosity, whereas the younger ones expressed a lesser degree of religious and nonreligious coping. Unemployed patients reported greater involvement in religious practices (RP) and more frequently used religious coping than those employed. The latter showed lower intrinsic religiosity and nonreligious coping usage than the unemployed. The respondents reported the greatest satisfaction scores on their psychological/spiritual dimension and the least scores on the social and economic dimension. Therefore, the factors that could influence the HRQoL of the respondents were identified as involvement in RP, intrinsic religious beliefs, religious coping usage and age. DISCUSSION: This study revealed significant findings regarding the importance of religiosity and SC on the HRQoL of the Saudi HD patients. Therefore, it has been highly recommended to integrate religiosity into the health-care process for such patients to facilitate the achievement of overall optimum health levels.
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Hemodialysis internationalVolume
21Issue
1Pagination
125 - 132Publisher
John Wiley & SonsLocation
Chichester, Eng.Publisher DOI
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1492-7535eISSN
1542-4758Language
engPublication classification
C Journal article; C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2016, International Society for HemodialysisUsage metrics
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Chronic kidney diseaseSaudi Arabiahaemodialysisquality of lifespiritualityAdolescentAdultCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedReligion and MedicineRenal DialysisRenal Insufficiency, ChronicYoung AdultScience & TechnologyLife Sciences & BiomedicineUrology & NephrologyDIALYSIS PATIENTSSTRATEGIES SCALEARABIC VERSIONINVOLVEMENT
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