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Faith and Mental Health in an Oncology Population |
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| Authors: | Janice Bell Meisenhelder Nancy J. Schaeffer Jerry Younger Marisa Lauria |
| Affiliation: | 1. School of Nursing, MGH Institute of Health Professions, Boston, MA, USA 6. 36 First Avenue, Boston, MA, 02129-4557, USA 2. Medical Oncology Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Boston, MA, USA 3. Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA 4. Gillett Center for Breast Cancer, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Boston, MA, USA 5. Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA |
| Abstract: | This study compares faith attitudes versus behaviors for their relationship to mental health in current cancer patients and survivors. This cross-sectional survey of ambulatory patients included Hodge’s intrinsic religious motivation scale, Benson & Spilka’s concept of God scale, frequency of prayer, and the mental health subscale of the MOS SF-36. One hundred and fifty-eighty patients, mostly women with breast cancer, completed questionnaires (92% return). Mental health was positively related to a concept of a loving God (P < .001) and negatively related to the concept of a stern God (P < .002). Mental health was unrelated to goal of treatment (cure vs. chemotherapy/palliation), frequency of prayer, intrinsic faith motivation, or physical pain. Viewing God as loving was strongly related to better mental health, even in the presence of a poor prognosis or pain. |
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