Impact of spiritual care on the spiritual and mental health and quality of life of patients with advanced cancer

Table 3 Spiritual health scores before spiritual care intervention

Dimension	Control group (n = 41)	Experimental group (n = 44)	t/Z score	P value
EX	2.59 ± 0.69	2.75 ± 0.74	0.986	0.324
RS	2.37 ± 0.59	2.24 ± 0.58	0.983	0.328
RO	2.86 ± 0.59	2.78 ± 0.62	0.593	0.554
RSG	2.55 ± 0.32	2.57 ± 0.43	0.208	0.836
Overall spirituality	2.59 ± 0.69	2.75 ± 0.74	-1.4391	0.150

¹The Mann-Whitney U test. EX: Existence; RS: Relationship with self; RO: Relationship with others; RSG: Relationship with something greater.