ผลของโปรแกรมโยคะต่อความผาสุกทางจิตวิญญาณในผู้ป่วยมะเร็งเต้านมที่ได้รับผลกระทบจากโรคและการรักษาด้วยยาเคมีบำบัด

Abstract

This quasi-experimental research aimed to determine the effect of the yoga program on spiritual well-being in patients with breast cancer who are receiving chemotherapy. The sample consisted of 60 patients with breast cancer who were receiving chemotherapy. Using specific inclusion criteria, the first group of 30 patients at Hatyai Hospital was assigned as the control group and received standard care, and a further 30 patients at Suratthani Cancer Hospital, Surathani Province, were assigned as the experimental group and received the yoga program and practised yoga with the researcher in weeks 1 and 4. The instruments used in this study were: 1) the instruments for data collection, consisting of a demographic questionnaire, spiritual well-being questionnaire and mindfulness questionnaire; and 2) the instruments used in the experiment, consisting of lesson plans, manual, poster and CD guide for practising yoga. All instruments were validated for content validity by three experts. The Spiritual Well-being questionnaire and Mindfulness questionnaire were tested for reliability using Cronbach's alpha coefficient and yielded values of 0.92 and 0.87 respectively. Demographic data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, and the hypotheses were tested by dependent t-test and independent t-test. The results revealed that: 1) The mean score of spiritual well-being in the experimental group of breast cancer patients receiving chemotherapy was higher after receiving the yoga program compared with their mean score before receiving the yoga program, with statistical significance (p<0.05).