title: Analysis of the nature of Spiritual Pain in terminal patients and the resignification process through the relaxation, mental images and spirituality (RIME) intervention.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To understand Spiritual Pain and the new meaning it takes on using the RIME intervention.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eleven terminally ill patients (n=11), treated at public hospitals, received care from six professionals trained for RIME application. The methods used were both qualitative, through phenomenology, and quantitative, based on the descriptive method, using the Wilcoxon Test.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In the qualitative approach, six categories and eleven subcategories were found. The prevailing categories were: fear of dying by denying the severity of the clinical condition (n=5); fear of dying by realizing the severity of the clinical condition (n=5); fear of postmortem due to disintegration or feeling of non-existence, of being affectively forgotten (n=5). In the quantitative analysis, a statistically significant difference (p<0.0001) was noted.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results suggested that RIME promoted quality of life in the dying process, as well as more serenity and dignity in the face of death.
authors.affiliation: Centro Universitário Nossa Senhora do Patrocínio, Brazil, acatarina@fcm.unicamp.br
authors.forename: Ana Catarina Araújo
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Elias
authors.forename: Joel Sales
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Giglio
authors.forename: Cibele Andrucioli de Mattos
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Pimenta
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019018:Imagery, Psychotherapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012064:Relaxation Therapy; D026443:Spiritual Therapies; D029181:Spirituality; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000628:therapy*; D019452:Terminally Ill / Q000523:psychology*