title: Spirituality in persons with heart failure.
abstract: Spiritual expression has been proposed as a dimension of quality of life. Persons with chronic diseases such as AIDS or cancer have described the value of spiritual expression in living with their illnesses. The authors examined the role spirituality plays in the lives of 58 people with heart failure being treated medically or by transplant. Instruments used included the Medical Outcome Survey Short Form 36 and Index of Well-Being measures of quality of life, the Spiritual Well-Being Scale, and the Relative Importance Scale. Combined spirituality scores predicted 24% of the variance in global quality of life. There were no significant gender differences in spiritual well-being or quality of life.
authors.affiliation: University of Cincinnati College of Nursing-Department of Adult Health, Institute for Nursing Research, USA.
authors.forename: Theresa A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Beery
authors.forename: Linda S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Baas
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fowler
authors.forename: Gordon
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Allen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D029221:Faith Healing; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D029181:Spirituality; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors