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Objective:<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n
This study examined spiritual coping (beliefs and practices) of depressed African American cancer patients through a comparison with depressed White cancer patients and non-depressed African American cancer patients.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Methods:<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n
Using mixed methods, 74 breast (n=41) and prostate (n=33) cancer survivors including 34 depressed and 23 nondepressed African Americans and 17 depressed Whites were interviewed. The interviews were audiotaped and transcribed. Qualitative data analysis identified themes that were coded. The codes were entered into SPSS software. The Fisher\u2019s exact test was performed to examine group differences in self-reported spiritual coping.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Results:<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n
Significantly more depressed African Americans questioned God when learning of a cancer diagnosis than the non-depressed African Americans (p<\/em>=.03), but they did not differ from the depressed Whites in this regard (p<\/em>=.70). Significantly more depressed African Americans reported having faith in God (p<\/em>=.04), reading the bible (p<\/em>=.02), and conversing with God (p<\/em>=.01) than did the depressed Whites. They also reported praying alone (p<\/em>=.01) more frequently than the depressed Whites who, on the other hand, reported praying with others (non-family members) together for one\u2019s own health more frequently (p<\/em>=.04).<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Conclusions:<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n
Depression is associated with a deepening need for spirituality and it affects religious beliefs and practices more in African American than White cancer patients. Given its important role in the lives of African American cancer patients, spirituality may be utilized as a reasonable, culturally-based approach to better assess and treat depression in these patients.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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