Spiritual needs following cancer diagnosis: A national cross-sectional survey of randomly selected adults and cancer patients linked to nationwide registers
Spiritual needs were elevated in recently diagnosed cancer individuals, although most pronounced within the first half year following diagnosis. This knowledge could be valuable in guiding holistic care plans tailored to the spiritual well-being of cancer patients. Future research in this area should focus on the link between reported need and wanted care and test potentially effective spiritual care interventions.
Authors
- Per Torp Sangild (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5462-7760)
- Tracy Anne Balboni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6564-6951)
- Tobias Anker Stripp (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7271-3411)
- Niels Christian Hvidt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6311-9784)
- Lars Henrik Jensen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0020-1537)
- Linda Juel Ahrenfeldt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5018-1642)
- Jens Søndergaard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1629-1864)
- Sonja Wehberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1503-2649)
Institutions
- University of Copenhagen (DK)
- University of Southern Denmark (DK)
- Region of Southern Denmark (DK)
- Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Social Science & Medicine
- Published
- 2025-05-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118198
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.33
Funders
- Jascha Fonden
- Syddansk Universitet