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ArticleBMC palliative care2019

Effectiveness of spiritual care training to enhance spiritual health and spiritual care competency among oncology nurses.

Yanli Hu, Miaorui Jiao, Fan Li

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Article in BMC palliative care, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers.

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3 authors.

Yanli HuSchool of Nursing, Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Miaorui JiaoDepartment of Digestive Radiotherapy, Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Zhengzhou University Henan Cancer Hospital, Zhengzhou, China.
Fan LiSchool of Nursing, Jilin University, Changchun, China. lifan@jlu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1517-616X

Funding

Education and Scientific Research Project of Huanghuai University 2018XJGLX0232Innovative Research Group Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China 81320108025 and 81672109the Graduate Innovation Fund of Jilin University 101832018C088
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAlthough spiritual care is a basic element of holistic nursing, nurses' spiritual care knowledge and abilities are often unable to satisfy patients' spiritual care needs. Therefore, nurses are in urgent need of relevant training to enhance their abilities to provide patients with spiritual care.

designA nonrandomized controlled trial.

objectiveTo establish a spiritual care training protocol and verify its effectiveness.

methodsThis study recruited 92 nurses at a cancer treatment hospital in a single province via voluntary sign-up. The nurses were divided into two groups-the study group (45 people) and the control (wait-listed) group (47 people)-using a coin-toss method. The study group received one spiritual care group training session every six months based on their routine nursing education; this training chiefly consisted of lectures by experts, group interventions, clinical practice, and case sharing. The control group participated in monthly nursing education sessions organized by the hospital for 12 continuous months.

resultsAfter 12 months of intervention, the nurses in the study group had significantly higher overall spiritual health and spiritual care competency scores as well as significantly higher scores on all individual dimensions compared with those in the control group (P < 0.01).

conclusionsA spiritual care training protocol for nurses based on the concept of mutual growth with patients enhances nurses' spiritual well-being and spiritual care competencies.

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AdultAttitude of Health PersonnelCancer Care FacilitiesChinaFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedOncology NursingProfessional CompetenceSpiritual TherapiesNursesSpiritual careSpiritual care competencySpiritual health

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PMCPMC6880564

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