title: Hope and spirituality among patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing hemodialysis: a correlational study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to analyze the relationship between the hope and spirituality of patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing hemodialysis.
  
  
  METHODS
  this is a cross-sectional, correlational study. The sample was composed of 127 patients of a Renal Replacement Unit. Data were collected through individual interviews guided by the following instruments: participant characterization, Herth Hope Index (HHI), and Pinto Pais-Ribeiro Spirituality Scale (PP-RSS).
  
  
  RESULTS
  the average HHI score was 38.06 (±4.32) while the average PP-RSS score was 3.67 (±0.62) for "beliefs" and 3.21 (±0.53) for "hope/optimism". Spearman's coefficient indicated there was a moderate positive correlation between the HHI and PP-RSS dimensions of "beliefs" (r=0.430; p<0.001) and "hope/optimism" (r=0.376; p<0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Since a relationship between the sense of hope and spirituality of patients with chronic kidney disease was found, these constructs should be taken into account at the time health professionals deliver care to help patients coping with the disease and treatment.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Gerontologia, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ana Carolina
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Ottaviani
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Gerontologia, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Érica Nestor
authors.initials: ÉN
authors.lastname: Souza
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Gerontologia, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Natália de Camargo
authors.initials: Nde C
authors.lastname: Drago
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Gerontologia, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marisa Silvana Zazzetta
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: de Mendiondo
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Gerontologia, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Sofia Cristina Iost
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Pavarini
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Gerontologia, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Fabiana de Souza
authors.initials: Fde S
authors.lastname: Orlandi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D065026:Hope; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D051436:Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D029181:Spirituality; D055815:Young Adult