Saari, Che Zarrina and Wahed, Norwahizatul and Muhsin, Sharifah Basirah Syed and Abidin, Mohd Syukri Zainal and Siti Sarah, Ahmad and Rahman, S.M.H.S.A. and Musa, S. and Ab Rahman, S.Z. and Sabki, Z.A. and Chik, Hasimah (2022) Spiritual growth aspects among caregivers of children with cancer. Afkar, 24 (1). 311 – 342. ISSN 1511-8819, DOI https://doi.org/10.22452/afkar.vol24no1.9.
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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
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Additional Information: | Cited by: 2; All Open Access, Hybrid Gold Open Access |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Caregivers; Children with cancer; Quality of life; Religious practices; Spiritual growth |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics |
| Divisions: | Academy of Islamic Studies Academy of Islamic Studies > Dept of Aqidah & Islamic Thought Faculty of Medicine Faculty of Medicine > Psychological Medicine Department |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Nov 2024 08:18 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Nov 2024 08:18 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/43785 |
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