Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem (Apr 2019)

Benefits of spirituality and/or religiosity in patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: an integrative review

  • Ariane Moysés Bravin,
  • Armando dos Santos Trettene,
  • Luis Gustavo Modelli de Andrade,
  • Regina Célia Popim

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0051
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 72, no. 2
pp. 541 – 551

Abstract

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ABSTRACT 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.

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