The Effect of Life Review Program on Spiritual Well-being of Older Persons with End Stage Cancer
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This quasi-experimental study with pretest-posttest control group design aimed to examine the effects of life review program on spiritual well-being of older person with end stage cancer. The sample was purposive sampling on 40 older persons with end stage cancer. They were matched pair with age, gender, marital status, severity of disease, and spiritual well-being level. Twenty of them were assigned into control group and received conventional care, and 20 participants were in the experimental group and received the life review intervention developed by Ando based on the Butler's concept Life Review. Data were collected using the personal data record form, the Mini-Mental State Examination-Thai version (MMSE-Thai), the Spiritual Needs questionnaire, and The Geriatric Spiritual Well Being Scale (GSWS-Thai). The GSWS-Thai had a content validity of 0.88 and a reliability of 0.85. Data were analyzed using descriptive and T-test statistics.
The major findings were as follows: The spiritual well-being in the experimental group after receiving the life review program had statistically significantly higher than before receiving the intervention (p < .001). The spiritual well-being in experimental group also had statistically significantly higher than the control group (p < .001).
The results of this research showed that the review of life It can help to improve the spiritual well-being of elderly people suffering from terminal cancer. In this way, the review of life is used in spiritual care. Nurses should have the skills of counseling. Regular skill training plays a more proactive role in spiritual care among elderly patients receiving palliative nursing.
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