Spirituality, Religiosity, and Immune Functioning

National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)120 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study is to determine whether religiosity and spirituality are related to immune functioning, as measured by interleukin-6 blood plasma level, among terminally ill cancer patients.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

120

Conditions

Cancer Depression Dying Process

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 21 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion criteria: * Inpatient at Calvary Hospital * Diagnosis of terminal cancer * Score of 20 or above on Mini-Mental State Exam Exclusion criteria: * Presence of a psychiatric disorder that would preclude the production of meaningful data

Locations (1)

Calvary Hospital

The Bronx, New York, United States

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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