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Spiritual Well-Being as a Patient-Reported Assessment Dimension in Advanced Cancer: Clinical Validation and Quality-of-Life Implications.

Key takeaways

Researchers tested a questionnaire that measures spiritual well-being in people with advanced cancer. They found that scores on it lined up with quality of life scores. This shows a link between the two, not proof that one causes the other. The study is about cancer care, not kidney disease.

Who did this work

Puscasu DM (Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 700115 Iasi, Romania.) · Creanga-Murariu I (Advanced Research and Development Center for Experimental Medicine (CEMEX), Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 700115 Iasi, Romania.) · Armeanu EM (2nd Internal Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Iasi, 700115 Iași, Romania.) · Monor D (Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, 7000756 Iasi, Romania.) · Rusu IM (Advanced Research and Development Center for Experimental Medicine (CEMEX), Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 700115 Iasi, Romania.) · Gafton B (Oncology-Radiotherapy Department, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 700115 Iasi, Romania.) · Poroch V (2nd Internal Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Iasi, 700115 Iași, Romania.) · Alexa-Stratulat T (Oncology-Radiotherapy Department, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 700115 Iasi, Romania.)

Source

Paper · Europe PMC, CKD mind-body · 2026-08-13
https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare14162525