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ReviewHeart failure reviews2017

Spiritual distress and spiritual care in advanced heart failure.

Ronald Gillilan, Sameena Qawi, Audrey J Weymiller, Christina Puchalski

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Review in Heart failure reviews, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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11citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 51 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  4. Spiritual suffering in palliative care: a concept analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025
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  6. Spiritual Care for Cancer Patients at the End-of-Life.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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  10. Palliative Care in Acute Heart Failure.Current heart failure reports · 2020
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  11. Initial Spiritual Screening and Assessment: Five Things to Remember.Han'guk Hosup'isu Wanhwa Uiryo Hakhoe chi = The Korean journal of hospice and palliative care · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ronald GillilanPreventive Cardiology, St Agnes Hospital, 900 Caton Avenue, Baltimore, MD, 21229, USA.
Sameena QawiCardiac Outpatient Rehabilitation, St Agnes Hospital, 900 Caton Avenue, Baltimore, MD, 21229, USA.
Audrey J WeymillerEleanor Mann School of Nursing, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA.
Christina PuchalskiSchool of Medicine and Health Sciences, George Washington University's Institute for Spirituality and Health (GWish), George Washington University School of Medicine, 2600 Virginia Avenue NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC, 20037, USA. cpuchals@gwu.edu.
Saint Agnes Hospital · USGeorge Washington University · USUniversity of Arkansas at Fayetteville · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As patients face serious and chronic illness, they are confronted with the realities of dying. Spiritual and existential issues are particularly prominent near the end of life and can result in significant distress. It is critical that healthcare professionals know how to address patients' and families' spiritual concerns, diagnose spiritual distress and attend to the deep suffering of patients in a way that can result in a better quality of life for patients and families. Tools such as the FICA spiritual history tool help clinicians invite patients and families to share their spiritual or existential concerns as well as sources of hope and meaning which can help them cope better with their illness. This article presents ways to help clinicians listen to the whole story of the patient and support patients in their care.

Indexed as

Religion and MedicineSpiritualityHeart FailureHumansPalliative CarePatient-Centered CareExitential distressSpiritual care in palliative careSpiritual distressSpirituality in cardiology patientsSpiritual wellbeing

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PMID28736789
OpenAlexW2737047401

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