title: Spiritual well-being and practices among women with gynecologic cancer.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To identify spiritual well-being and spiritual practices in women with gynecologic cancer.
  
  
  METHODS
  Descriptive, cross-sectional.
  
  
  METHODS
  Urban and rural communities in southeast Florida.
  
  
  METHODS
  Convenience sample of 85 women (X age = 65.72 years) with some form of gynecologic cancer.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants completed questionnaires to assess spiritual well-being and spiritual practices while attending a healthcare clinic.
  
  
  METHODS
  Spiritual well-being, spiritual practices.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The level of overall spiritual well-being was high, as were the levels of self-efficacy and life scheme (meaningfulness), as measured with two subscales. Most women reported use of several spiritual practices, including family activities, exercise, and listening to music.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Additional study of the spiritual well-being and practices of women with cancer and comparisons with other groups of women are needed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Nurses can assume a role in encouraging spiritual practices and enhancing spiritual well-being in women with cancer.
authors.affiliation: Center for Hematology-Oncology, Lynn Cancer Institute of the Boca Raton Community Hospital, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, USA.
authors.forename: Aida J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: López
authors.forename: Ruth
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: McCaffrey
authors.forename: Mary T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Quinn Griffin
authors.forename: Joyce J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Fitzpatrick
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005833:Genital Neoplasms, Female / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D009859:Oncology Nursing; D011788:Quality of Life; D020377:Self Efficacy; D026443:Spiritual Therapies; D029181:Spirituality