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The effectiveness of Islamic coping strategies in improving anxiety and life expectancy among women with breast cancer in Kerman
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Leila Barjasteh    , Mohammad Hossein Fallah , Najmeh Sedrpoushan * , Abolghasem Asimoznab |
| Department of Psychology and Counseling, Faculty of Humanities, Ya. C., Islamic Azad University, Yazd, Iran , n.sedrpoushan@iau.ac.ir |
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Background and aim: The psychological challenges faced by women with breast cancer negatively impact their psychological functioning and increase distress, reducing their ability to cope with difficulties. This study aims to examine the effect of Islamic coping strategies on anxiety and life expectancy in women with breast cancer.
Materials and methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted using a pretest-posttest design with a control group. The study population included all cancer patients who had visited or were hospitalized at the Cancer Research Center of Kerman University of Medical Sciences and Dr. Afzalipour Hospital in Kerman between September 2023 and October 2024 for continuous treatment. A total of 40 eligible volunteers were selected through random sampling and randomly assigned into experimental and control groups (20 participants in each group). All participants completed the Miller Hope Scale (Miller, 1988) and Spielberger Anxiety Inventory (Spielberger, 1983) in the pretest stage. The experimental group then received an intervention consisting of training in Islamic coping strategies over a one-month period (two sessions per week). Afterward, participants completed the questionnaires in the posttest stage, and data analysis was conducted using ANCOVA considering a significance level of α=0.05.
Findings: ANCOVA analysis showed that, after controlling for pretest effects, there was a significant difference between the groups in posttest scores for state anxiety (P=0.037), trait anxiety (P=0.032), and life expectancy (P=0.004, p<0.001). Islamic coping strategy training accounted for 11.2% of the changes in state anxiety, 11.9% in trait anxiety, and 20.6% in life expectancy. Therefore, Islamic coping strategies had a significant effect on life expectancy and anxiety in breast cancer patients.
Conclusion: The results of this study suggest that Islamic coping strategies, comprising psychological and spiritual techniques based on Islamic teachings, can effectively help cancer patients, especially women with breast cancer, reduce anxiety and enhance life expectancy. Moreover, these strategies contribute to patients' psychological adjustment, assisting them in better coping with their illness. |
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| Keywords: Islam, Coping Strategies, Breast Cancer, Anxiety, Life Expectancy |
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Type of Study: Research |
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Received: 2025/02/20 | Accepted: 2019/06/15
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