Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
Clin Lung Cancer. 2019 Nov;20(6):e661-e666. doi: 10.1016/j.cllc.2019.06.015. Epub 2019 Jun 19.
Emerging research is highlighting the importance of spirituality in cancer survivorship as well as the importance of early distress screening. The purpose of this study was to prospectively examine the relationships among spirituality, emotional distress, and sociodemographic variables during the early period of lung cancer survivorship.
Eight hundred sixty-four lung cancer survivors completed the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Spiritual Well-Being, and the Short-Form-8 for emotional distress within the first year after lung cancer diagnosis, and 474 of these survivors completed the survey again 1 year later.
At baseline, spirituality was associated with lower prevalence of emotional distress, being married, fewer years of cigarette smoking, and better Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status. Additionally, high baseline spirituality was associated with lower rates of high emotional distress at 1-year follow-up.
These findings suggest that spirituality might serve as a protective factor for emotional distress among lung cancer survivors. Further research is warranted to explore the role of spirituality in promoting distress management among lung cancer survivors.
新兴研究强调了灵性在癌症生存中的重要性，以及早期困扰筛查的重要性。本研究的目的是前瞻性地研究肺癌生存早期期间灵性、情绪困扰和社会人口学变量之间的关系。
864 名肺癌幸存者在肺癌诊断后的第一年完成了慢性疾病治疗功能评估-精神健康量表和 8 项简短健康调查问卷-情绪困扰部分，其中 474 名幸存者在 1 年后再次完成了调查。
基线时，灵性与较低的情绪困扰患病率、已婚、较少的吸烟年数和更好的东部合作肿瘤学组表现状态相关。此外，高基线灵性与 1 年随访时高情绪困扰的发生率较低相关。
这些发现表明，灵性可能是肺癌幸存者情绪困扰的保护因素。需要进一步研究探索灵性在促进肺癌幸存者困扰管理中的作用。
