Introduction
Methodology
Processing
Response Rate
Participants
Results and Analysis
Nature and Coping
June 2011 | Percentage that answers | Mean | Number of answers | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Not at all (1) | Small (2) | Quite large (3) | Very large (4) | |||
Thinking about God or contemplating the life of Jesus or other religious personages? | 63 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 1.6 | 2,266 |
Thinking about a spiritual power? | 49 | 23 | 18 | 9 | 1.9 | 2,264 |
Going to church? | 64 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 1.5 | 2,261 |
Praying? | 51 | 20 | 17 | 12 | 1.9 | 2,320 |
Listening to religious music? | 65 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 1.5 | 2,245 |
Listening to spiritual music? | 56 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 1.7 | 2,267 |
Listening to the ‘music of nature’ (birdsong and the whistling of the wind)? | 13 | 21 | 38 | 28 | 2.8 | 2,335 |
Going for walks or doing other outdoor activities which give you a sense of spirituality? | 19 | 18 | 34 | 29 | 2.7 | 2,338 |
Thinking and contemplating the meaning of life and other things, in solitude? | 32 | 36 | 26 | 6 | 2.1 | 2,307 |
Helping others to experience spirituality? | 50 | 28 | 19 | 3 | 1.8 | 2,282 |
Thinking that you have done your best and the rest is in God’s hands? | 62 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 1.6 | 2,310 |
Praying to God that he will make things better? | 58 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 1.7 | 2,302 |
Trying to control your situation without God’s help? | 30 | 20 | 34 | 15 | 2.3 | 2,283 |
Trying to stop thinking about your illness by thinking of spiritual matters? | 64 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 1.5 | 2,327 |
Seeking spiritual help from a priest or other religious leaders? | 86 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1.2 | 2,301 |
Providing spiritual support to others? | 77 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1.3 | 2,290 |
Having sometime experienced a strong connection to God? | 66 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 1.6 | 2,324 |
Having experienced a strong spiritual connection to other people? | 57 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 1.7 | 2,296 |
Have you ever believed that your life is part of something greater and higher? | 38 | 27 | 22 | 12 | 2.1 | 2,323 |
Having experienced a strong sense of spirituality? | 54 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 1.8 | 2,314 |
Believing or feeling that there is a spiritual power within you that helps you cope with your problems? | 46 | 24 | 20 | 9 | 1.9 | 2,341 |
Hoping for a spiritual rebirth in this world? | 75 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1.3 | 2,285 |
Preferring to be alone, thinking about your life, or contemplating life, to feel better? | 43 | 32 | 21 | 4 | 1.9 | 2,304 |
That nature is an important resource to help you cope with your illness? | 11 | 20 | 38 | 30 | 2.9 | 2,362 |
June 2011 | |
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Not at all | 11 |
Small | 20 |
Moderate | 38 |
Very great | 30 |
Average | 2.9 |
Number of answers | 2,362 |
Group table | Percentage that answers | Mean | Number of answers | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Not at all (1) | Small (2) | Quite large (3) | Very large (4) | |||
Age (years) | ||||||
−59 | 9 | 20 | 34 | 37 | 3.0 | 694 |
60–69 | 9 | 20 | 41 | 30 | 2.9 | 913 |
70 | 15 | 21 | 40 | 24 | 2.7 | 755 |
Sex | ||||||
Female | 8 | 18 | 39 | 35 | 3.0 | 1,854 |
Male | 21 | 29 | 36 | 14 | 2.4 | 503 |
Social class | ||||||
Upper class: higher salaried employees, large business owners/agriculturists | 9 | 22 | 33 | 37 | 3.0 | 82 |
Middle class: other salaried employees and business owners/agriculturists | 10 | 20 | 38 | 31 | 2.9 | 1,490 |
Working class: workers | 13 | 20 | 40 | 27 | 2.8 | 743 |
Place of origin | ||||||
City with a population of more than 200 thousand | 17 | 24 | 33 | 26 | 2.7 | 252 |
Town with a population of 81–200 thousand | 11 | 23 | 37 | 30 | 2.8 | 183 |
Town with a population of 21–80 thousand | 10 | 20 | 40 | 30 | 2.9 | 464 |
Community with a population of 20 thousand or less | 10 | 19 | 39 | 31 | 2.9 | 1,380 |
Time of diagnosis | ||||||
1990 or earlier | 11 | 22 | 41 | 27 | 2.8 | 329 |
1991–2000 | 12 | 20 | 37 | 32 | 2.9 | 576 |
2001–2005 | 9 | 19 | 41 | 31 | 2.9 | 657 |
2006–2011 | 11 | 22 | 36 | 31 | 2.9 | 759 |
Organisation | ||||||
Blodcancerförbundet | 16 | 23 | 39 | 23 | 2.7 | 457 |
BRO | 7 | 18 | 39 | 36 | 3.0 | 1,450 |
ILCO | 18 | 25 | 37 | 19 | 2.6 | 455 |
June 2011 | |
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Not at all | 13 |
Small | 21 |
Moderate | 38 |
Very great | 28 |
Average | 2.8 |
Number of answers | 2,335 |
Group table | Percentage that answers | Mean | Number of answers | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Not at all (1) | Small (2) | Quite large (3) | Very large (4) | |||
Age (years) | ||||||
−59 | 13 | 22 | 37 | 28 | 2.8 | 690 |
60–69 | 11 | 20 | 41 | 29 | 2.9 | 902 |
70 | 15 | 22 | 36 | 27 | 2.7 | 743 |
Sex | ||||||
Female | 10 | 19 | 39 | 33 | 2.9 | 1,829 |
Male | 25 | 30 | 34 | 11 | 2.3 | 501 |
Social class | ||||||
Upper class: higher salaried employees, large business owners/agriculturists | 13 | 16 | 39 | 33 | 2.9 | 80 |
Middle class: other salaried employees and business owners/agriculturists | 13 | 20 | 38 | 29 | 2.8 | 1,481 |
Working class: workers | 14 | 24 | 37 | 25 | 2.7 | 729 |
Place of origin | ||||||
City with a population of more than 200 thousand | 19 | 26 | 29 | 26 | 2.6 | 250 |
Town with a population of 81–200 thousand | 11 | 25 | 39 | 26 | 2.8 | 183 |
Town with a population of 21–80 thousand | 14 | 21 | 38 | 27 | 2.8 | 461 |
Community with a population of 20 thousand or less | 12 | 20 | 39 | 29 | 2.9 | 1,365 |
Time of diagnosis | ||||||
1990 or earlier | 13 | 24 | 36 | 27 | 2.8 | 327 |
1991–2000 | 11 | 22 | 32 | 35 | 2.9 | 568 |
2001–2005 | 12 | 18 | 43 | 27 | 2.9 | 644 |
2006–2011 | 15 | 21 | 39 | 24 | 2.7 | 756 |
Organisation | ||||||
Blodcancerförbundet (the Swedish Blood Cancer Association) | 20 | 23 | 35 | 22 | 2.6 | 457 |
BRO (The Swedish Breast Cancer Association) | 9 | 18 | 40 | 33 | 3.0 | 1,434 |
ILCO (the Swedish Association for Colostomy Patients) | 19 | 28 | 35 | 18 | 2.5 | 444 |
June 2011 | |
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Not at all | 19 |
Small | 18 |
Moderate | 34 |
Very great | 29 |
Average | 2.7 |
Number of answers | 2,338 |
Group table | Percentage that answers | Mean | Number of answers | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Not at all (1) | Small (2) | Quite large (3) | Very large (4) | |||
Age (years) | ||||||
−59 | 18 | 18 | 30 | 34 | 2.8 | 690 |
60–69 | 16 | 19 | 36 | 29 | 2.8 | 903 |
70 | 24 | 19 | 35 | 23 | 2.6 | 745 |
Sex | ||||||
Female | 15 | 17 | 35 | 33 | 2.9 | 1,833 |
Male | 33 | 24 | 32 | 11 | 2.2 | 500 |
Social class | ||||||
Upper class: higher salaried employees, large business owners/agriculturists | 9 | 19 | 36 | 36 | 3.0 | 80 |
Middle class: other salaried employees and business owners/agriculturists | 18 | 18 | 34 | 30 | 2.8 | 1,477 |
Working class: workers | 23 | 19 | 33 | 25 | 2.6 | 734 |
Place of origin | ||||||
City with a population of more than 200 thousand | 27 | 19 | 30 | 24 | 2.5 | 248 |
Town with a population of 81–200 thousand | 19 | 21 | 37 | 23 | 2.6 | 183 |
Town with a population of 21–80 thousand | 18 | 19 | 36 | 28 | 2.7 | 461 |
Community with a population of 20 thousand or less | 18 | 18 | 34 | 30 | 2.8 | 1,365 |
Time of diagnosis | ||||||
1990 or earlier | 26 | 17 | 35 | 23 | 2.6 | 325 |
1991–2000 | 19 | 18 | 32 | 31 | 2.7 | 570 |
2001–2005 | 17 | 18 | 34 | 30 | 2.8 | 652 |
2006–2011 | 19 | 19 | 34 | 28 | 2.7 | 749 |
Organisation | ||||||
Blodcancerförbundet | 25 | 20 | 34 | 20 | 2.5 | 453 |
BRO | 14 | 17 | 34 | 35 | 2.9 | 1,434 |
ILCO | 29 | 22 | 34 | 16 | 2.4 | 451 |