Integrating spiritual disposition intervention into behavioral medicine: A case report on systemic lupus erythematosus from India
- Title
- Integrating spiritual disposition intervention into behavioral medicine: A case report on systemic lupus erythematosus from India
- Creator
- Toor I.K.; Rastogi K.; Ajmani S.
- Description
- Background: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic inflammatory systemic autoimmune disease. The disease manifests as the bodys immune cells start attacking healthy connective tissue, which affects the skin, kidneys, blood vessels, brain, and other vital organs. As with any other chronic illness, the disease has psychological implications. Purpose: Literature suggests patients with SLE experience anxiety, depression, anger, and stress along with physiological symptoms. There is a strong association between the occurrence of stress and the onset of the disease. These psychological symptoms can be ameliorated through spiritual activities such as meditation, mindfulness, journaling, and reading. Mehtod: This case report is based on the importance of spirituality in the healthcare system. The study focuses on the concept of a whole-person-centered approach to the medical care industry. Spirituality has been proven to have a positive effect on health and illness. Hence, a 10-week intervention with 30 sessions focusing on spiritual dispositions was provided to the patient for this study, along with regular pharmacological treatment. The present case report is of a 56-year-old woman from New Delhi, India, who was diagnosed with SLE 2years ago. Results: The results reveal the positive effect of the intervention, as it led to a significant decrease in stress levels and depressive symptoms; it also resulted in improved quality of life, an enhanced coping style, and bolstered health hardiness. There was an increase in the score of a spiritual personality. Conlcusion: Spiritual Disposition as an intervention was sucessfull in reducing psychological implications of the disease thus leading to overall positve growth in the patient. The Author(s) 2024.
- Source
- Lupus, Vol-33, No. 4, pp. 420-429.
- Date
- 2024-01-01
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd
- Subject
- behavioral medicine; case report; psychological conditions; Spiritual disposition; systemic lupus erythematosus
- Coverage
- Toor I.K., Department of Psychology, CHRIST (Deemed to be University) Delhi-NCR, Ghaziabad, India; Rastogi K., Department of Psychology, CHRIST (Deemed to be University) Delhi-NCR, Ghaziabad, India; Ajmani S., Rheumatology Department at BLK-Max Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi, India
- Rights
- Restricted Access
- Relation
- ISSN: 9612033; PubMed ID: 38166465; CODEN: LUPUE
- Format
- Online
- Language
- English
- Type
- Article
Collection
Citation
Toor I.K.; Rastogi K.; Ajmani S., “Integrating spiritual disposition intervention into behavioral medicine: A case report on systemic lupus erythematosus from India,” CHRIST (Deemed To Be University) Institutional Repository, accessed February 24, 2025, https://archives.christuniversity.in/items/show/13206.