Fryback P B, Reinert B R
College of Nursing, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, USA.
Nurs Forum. 1999 Jan-Mar;34(1):13-22. doi: 10.1111/j.1744-6198.1999.tb00231.x.
When individuals must deal with potentially fatal diseases their lives change in many ways. This qualitative study was designed to investigate this critical life event. The authors interviewed a convenience sample (N = 15) of 10 women with cancer and 5 men with HIV/AIDS. Findings suggest that spirituality is an essential component to feelings of health and well-being. Many of the subjects viewed spirituality as a bridge between hopelessness and meaningfulness in life. Those who had found meaning in their disease thought they had a better quality of life now than they had before the diagnosis.
当个人必须应对潜在的致命疾病时，他们的生活在许多方面都会发生改变。这项定性研究旨在调查这一关键的生活事件。作者采访了一个便利样本（N = 15），其中包括10名患癌症的女性和5名感染艾滋病毒/艾滋病的男性。研究结果表明，精神性是健康和幸福感的重要组成部分。许多受试者将精神性视为生活中绝望与意义之间的桥梁。那些在疾病中找到意义的人认为，他们现在的生活质量比诊断前更高。
