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Benefits of spirituality and/or religiosity in patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: an integrative review
Fecha
2019-03-01Registro en:
Revista Brasileira De Enfermagem. Brasilia Df: Assoc Brasileira Enfermagem, v. 72, n. 2, p. 541-551, 2019.
0034-7167
10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0051
S0034-71672019000200541
WOS:000465288000031
S0034-71672019000200541.pdf
Autor
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
Institución
Resumen
Objective: Identify and analyze existing evidence regarding the benefits of spirituality and / or religiosity in patients with Chronic Kidney Disease. Method: Integrative review carried out through consultation of databases: Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences, Scientific Electronic Library Online, US National Library of Medicine and Scopus. The following descriptors were used: chronic kidney disease, spirituality and religion. Primary articles published by December 2017 were included. Results: Twenty-six articles were selected, from which four thematic categories emerged: benefits as a modality of coping, perception of quality of life, mental health and improvement of renal function after transplantation. Conclusion: Benefits included those related to situational coping modalities, such as the strengthening of hope, social support and coping with pain; those related to mental health, such as the lower risk of suicide and fewer depressive symptoms; improvement in the perception of quality of life and in renal function after transplantation.