• Support Care Cancer · Sep 2018

    The cultural expression of spiritual distress in Israel.

    • Michael Schultz, Tehilah Meged-Book, Tanya Mashiach, and Gil Bar-Sela.
    • Division of Oncology, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel.
    • Support Care Cancer. 2018 Sep 1; 26 (9): 3187-3193.

    BackgroundAlthough spiritual distress is present across cultures, the ways in which patients experience it vary between cultures. Our goal was to examine the cultural expression and key indicators of spiritual distress in Israel.MethodsWe conducted a structured interview of 202 oncology outpatients in a cross-sectional study. Self-diagnosis of spiritual distress, which is a demonstrated gold standard for identifying its presence, was compared with the Facit-Sp-12 and a number of other items (from the Spiritual Injury Scale and newly developed Israeli items) hypothesized as Israeli cultural expressions of spiritual distress, demographic and medical data, and patient desire to receive spiritual care.ResultsSignificant variation was found between Israeli cultural expression of spiritual distress and that found in studies from other countries. Key expressions of spiritual distress in this study included lack of inner peace, grief, and an inability to accept what is happening. Items related to faith were not significant, and loss of meaning showed mixed results. Patients requesting spiritual care were more likely to be in spiritual distress. No demographic or medical data correlated with spiritual distress.ConclusionsSpecially designed interventions to reduce spiritual distress should address the expressions of the distress specific to that culture. Studies of the efficacy of spiritual care can examine the extent of spiritual distress in general or of its specific cultural expressions.

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