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This quantitative cross-sectional study was carried out in a medium-sized hospital and a cancer patient support institution located in northeastern Brazil. A questionnaire with sociodemographic and clinical variables was used and the following instruments were applied: Visual Analogue Scale (VAS); Short-Form McGill Pain Questionnaire (SF-MPQ); Neuropathic Pain 4 Questions (DN4); Spiritual Wellbeing Scale (SWBS); WHOQOL Spirituality, Religiousness and Personal Beliefs (WHOQOL-SRPB). Most people with no pain had higher scores on the SWBS. Neuropathic pain was identified in 23 patients and was associated with the highest level of spirituality used as a way of coping with pain. As faith increases, pain decreases in intensity by 0.394 points. On the other hand, as inner peace increases, pain increases by 1.485 points. It is concluded that faith is a strategy for coping with pain, in particular neuropathic pain, minimizing its intensity. On the other hand, greater levels of inner peace allow to increase the awareness of the painful sensation. It is expected that these findings may be useful to integrate spirituality care in healthcare facilities as a resource for positive coping for people in the process of becoming ill, contributing to the therapeutic path and favouring a new meaning to the experience of the disease.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/healthcare9121671","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,12,2]],"date-time":"2021-12-02T21:19:08Z","timestamp":1638479948000},"page":"1671","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":20,"title":["Spirituality in Coping with Pain in Cancer Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"9","author":[{"given":"Sharon Shyrley Weyll","family":"Oliveira","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Health Sciences Department, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Ilh\u00e9us 45662-900, Brazil"},{"name":"Medicine Course, Faculdade Santo Agostinho\u2014AFYA, Itabuna 45662-900, Brazil"},{"name":"Post Graduation Department, Bahiana School of Medicine and Public Health, Salvador 40290-000, Brazil"}]},{"given":"Rayzza Santos","family":"Vasconcelos","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Medicine Course, Faculdade Santo Agostinho\u2014AFYA, Itabuna 45662-900, Brazil"}]},{"given":"Ver\u00f4nica Rabelo Santana","family":"Amaral","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Medicine Course, Faculdade Santo Agostinho\u2014AFYA, Itabuna 45662-900, Brazil"}]},{"given":"H\u00e9lder Fernando Pedrosa e","family":"Sousa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Mathematics (DM.UTAD), University of Tr\u00e1s-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD), 5001-801 Vila Real, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2198-6740","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Maria Alzira Pimenta","family":"Dinis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"UFP Energy, Environment and Health Research Unit (FP-ENAS), University Fernando Pessoa (UFP), 4249-004 Porto, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2777-2372","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Diogo Guedes","family":"Vidal","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"UFP Energy, Environment and Health Research Unit (FP-ENAS), University Fernando Pessoa (UFP), 4249-004 Porto, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Katia Nunes","family":"S\u00e1","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Post Graduation Department, Bahiana School of Medicine and Public Health, Salvador 40290-000, Brazil"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,12,2]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"(2021, October 27). 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