Abstract
The association between religious practices, faith-related coping and
psychological well-being has been widely explored for many years. Some
studies have specifically focused on the positive effects of certain religious
belief and practices among people having serious medical conditions. This
study was planned to know the relationship between the selected religious
rituals and certain psychological aspects among Muslim cancer patients in
INOR Abbottabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of Pakistan. Psychological wellbeing scale was adapted to measure anxiety and depression mood while
religious practices such as frequencies of pray and recitation of the Holy
scripts were measured through “Likert scale” 1 (1 time) to 5 (5 times). A total
76 cancer patients were randomly selected and interviewed through a
structured questionnaire based on the “Likert scale” where 1=very low to
5=very high was selected as the limits of responses. Demographic information
of the respondents was documented in percentages and frequencies.
Furthermore, mean and standard deviation were applied to know the average
values of items while simple regression was used to obtain the nature of
association among variables. The psychological aspects such as anxiety and
depression mood got a minimum score while religious practices including
prayer and recitation obtained a higher score. Moreover, religious practices
were found in significant relationships with anxiety and depression. It is
concluded from the study that patients were regularly performing their pray
and reciting the Holy Quran thereby having no anxiety and depression mood
problem.
Khalil ur Rahman, Abid Ali. (2018) Exploring the impact of Religious Practices on the Psychological Well-being of Cancer Patients, Hazara Islamicus, Volume 7, Issue 1.
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