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Cardiovascular diseases
Elderly
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Abstract
Objective: To understand how spirituality acts as a therapy for elderly patients with heart disease. Methods: Integrative literature review, based on articles published in PubMed, Lilacs and Web of Science databases, in English, from 2012, which addressed spirituality in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases in elderly patients. Results: Based on 17 articles analyzed in full, spirituality constitutes a predictor of resilience, controlling anxiety related to cardiovascular disease and other symptoms that involve emotion. In some cases, it appears that a high degree of spirituality can be a factor in reducing the risk of mortality compared to those in the low religiosity category. However, some findings demonstrate that spirituality does not present a significant correlation. Final considerations: Evidence indicates that the satisfaction of spiritual needs is associated with physical and psychological well-being and coping with the physical and emotional challenges of cardiovascular disease, acting as a promoter in the sense of optimizing the quality of life, the meaning and the sensation of peace. There was a need for research whose design is focused on the production of evidence related to the subject under investigation.
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