%0 Journal Article %T Psychological Limbo as a Barrier to Spiritual Care for Parents of Children with Cancer: A Qualitative Study %J Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention %I West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), APOCP's West Asia Chapter. %Z 1513-7368 %A Sheikhzakaryaee, Neda %A Atashzadeh-Shoorideh, Foroozan %A Ahmadi, Fazlollah %A Fani, Mahdi %D 2018 %\ 04/01/2018 %V 19 %N 4 %P 1063-1068 %! Psychological Limbo as a Barrier to Spiritual Care for Parents of Children with Cancer: A Qualitative Study %K Spiritual care %K cancer %K Nursing %K Qualitative study %R 10.22034/APJCP.2018.19.4.1063 %X Background: Pediatric cancer causes reduced life quality and psychological problems for parents. It is necessaryto pay attention to spirituality, which plays a significant role in increasing the life quality of these parents and theirpatient children and managing the conditions associated with the disease. This study was performed to determinefactors predisposing to spiritual care in parents of children suffering from cancer. Methods: This qualitative study wasconducted by conventional content analysis. Fifteen parents of children with cancer hospitalized in the oncology andhematology wards of governmental hospitals in Iran were selected using a purposive sampling method and underwentsemi-structured deep interviews from 2015.1.10 until 2017.3.10. Results: On data analysis, 12 subcategories emergedleading to extraction of three : “projection”, “mental concern”, and “psychological pains”. The final result was a focuson the theme “psychological limbo”. Conclusion: Our findings showed that cancer induces psychological problemsin parents, which may serve as factors that drive them towards spiritual affairs. Hence, attention should be paid topredisposing factors of spiritual care to facilitate tranquility and an ability to adapt to their circumstances in affectedparents. %U https://journal.waocp.org/article_57790_d557dfc57cb771ef7091c2fd7418d04a.pdf