Spiritual growth aspects among caregivers of children with cancer
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2022
Abstract
Spirituality is one of the essential aspects of one’s life. It offers a broader perspective towards a meaningful life while undergoing trials such as caring for children with cancers. Cancer caregivers commonly experience physical, emotional, social, and spiritual challenges. Spiritual issues such as lost hope and associating negative meanings with cancer prognosis may reduce the caregiver’s quality of life. However, this caregiving burden can be a great source of post-traumatic growth. Therefore, the objective of this study is to explore spiritual change, a significant domain in post-traumatic growth among 24 caregivers of children with cancer at one of the teaching hospitals in Kuala Lumpur. Following in-depth interviews, the result of the thematic analysis demonstrated two themes; main religious and mindfulness practices, a significant caregiver’s spiritual development. The majority of caregivers reported increasing spiritual awareness levels, feeling closer to God, and focused on religious practices as ca
Keywords
Caregivers, Children with cancer, Quality of life, Religious practices, Spiritual growth
Divisions
AcademyofIslamicStudies,Thought,fac_med,psychological
Publication Title
Afkar
Volume
24
Issue
1
Publisher
Department of Aqidah and Islamic Thought, Academy of Islamic Studies, University of Malaya
Additional Information
Cited by: 2; All Open Access, Hybrid Gold Open Access