• Karine Corcione Turke, Juliana Seidler Canonaco, Thiago Artioli, Marina Sabin de Souza Lima, Amanda Ribeiro Batlle, Fernanda Cordeiro Pimentel de Oliveira, CuberoDaniel de Iracema GomesDIGCentro Universitário Saúde ABC, Santo André, SP, Brasil., Claudia Vaz de Melo Sette, and Auro Del Giglio.
• Centro Universitário Saúde ABC, Santo André, SP, Brasil.
• Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992). 2020 Jul 1; 66 (7): 960-965.

AbstractOBJECTIVE To relate anxiety and depression levels to the spirituality levels of oncology patients in the ABC region. METHODS Cross-sectional study performed at the ABC University Center oncology outpatient clinics. For the evaluation of spirituality, the Religiosity, Spirituality, and Personal Beliefs instrument of the World Health Organization (SRPB-WHO) was applied. To evaluate the levels of depression and anxiety, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) was applied. Qualitative variables were described by frequency and percentage, and quantitative variables by mean and standard deviation or median and range. Relationships were established using either the T-test or Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test and correlations with Pearson or Spearman tests, depending on the normality assessed by the Shapiro-Wilk test. RESULTS We included 99 patients, 68% female, with a median age of 60 years (19 to 81). A total of 24% had high or borderline levels of anxiety and 21% of depression. There was a negative correlation between levels of depression and spirituality (rho = -0.44, p <0.001), and anxiety and spirituality (rho=-0.232, p=0.02). We found no significant difference between levels of anxiety, depression, or spirituality when stratified by schooling, income, ethnicity, or marital status. There was a positive correlation between levels of anxiety and depression (cor = 0.477, p <0.001). CONCLUSION Spirituality can be a complementary tool in the treatment of patients with cancer.

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