title: A comparative study of life-closing spirituality in home hospice patients.
abstract: This secondary analysis compared two groups of home hospice patients (expressed spirituality, N = 44, and nonexpressed spirituality, N = 53) on psychological well-being and adaptation, social support, physical function, pain, and demographic variables. Independent-samples t tests found no significant differences at p < .05 for age, psychological well-being and adaptation, social support, and physical function. Three components of the McGill-Melzack Pain Questionnaire were significantly higher for the nonexpressed spirituality group: Affective Dimension, Pain Rating Index, and Number of Words Chosen. A comparative analysis of two groups of home hospice patients supported higher pain reports as significant indicators of nonexpressed spirituality in a home hospice population.
authors.affiliation: University of Washington, Tacoma, WA, USA. mdobratz@u.washington.edu
authors.forename: Marjorie C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Dobratz
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000368:Aged; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D017051:Hospice Care; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010146:Pain / Q000517:prevention & control; D012944:Social Support; D029181:Spirituality; D019452:Terminally Ill / Q000523:psychology*; D014481:United States