The effect of Iranian women’s fear of breast cancer progression on quality of life with the mediation of spiritual well-being variable

The fear of progression of cancer as well as spiritual well-being can have a great impact on the quality of life of women. This research was a cross-sectional and structural equation modelling study. 400 women with breast cancer were selected by multi-stage cluster. A questionnaire was used which included demographic, fear of progression, quality of life, and spiritual well-being questions. In order to analyze the data, SPSS 26 software and structural equation method using Smart-PLS 3 software were used. Fear of progression has a negative influence on quality of life without a moderate variable of spirituality and with a moderate variable. The introduction of the mediating variable reduced the coefficient value between fear of progression and quality of life.