Table 8.
Descriptions of patients’ spirituality
| Topics | N = 95 (%) | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Family | 49 (51.6) |
‘My family’ ‘Family that I love and support’ |
| God/Religion | 29 (30.5) |
‘God gives me courage’ ‘Jesus Christ is our salvation’ |
| To live | 16 (16.9) |
‘Will to live’ ‘I think about living’ |
| Faith | 11 (11.6) | ‘Faith’ |
| Inner strength | 11 (11.6) |
‘Courage inside me’ ‘To face good and evil’ |
| World | 9 (9.5) | ‘To see the world’‘society, travel …’ |
| Friends | 7 (7.4) |
‘To hang out with friends …’ ‘Neighbours …’ |
| Basic needs | 7 (7.4) |
‘Be able to eat …’ ‘Walk again …’ |
| Work | 7 (7.4) |
‘My profession, I feel useful’ ‘A working man’ |
| Autonomy | 6 (6.3) |
‘Have strength to do what I did before’ ‘Have a normal life again …’ |
| Hope | 6 (6.3) | ‘Have hope’ |
| Healing/Health | 5 (5.3) | ‘I want to heal myself’‘It’s health!’ |
| Nature | 4 (4.2) |
‘The mountain air …’ ‘Gardening and taking care of my chickens’ |
| Believe | 4 (4.2) | ‘To believe’ |
| Suffering | 4 (4.2) |
‘It’s a sacrifice. I don’t have the will to live. The faster this is settled, the better’ ‘I would like to join my husband, he passed away less than a year ago …’ |
| Superior forces | 3 (3.2) | ‘Some superior force …’ ‘Destiny, I have this, and I have to face it’ |