ArticleJournal of holistic nursing : official journal of the American Holistic Nurses' Association2021
Hospitalized Patients' Perspectives on Spiritual Assessment: A Mixed Methods Study.
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- Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Cross-Validation of the Italian Version of the EPICC Spiritual Care Competency Self-Assessment Tool for Clinical Nurses.Journal of clinical nursing · 2025Observational
- Is There Such a Thing as Theological Medicine?The Linacre quarterly · 2024Article
- Strengths and challenges with spiritual care: Student feedback from the EPICC Spiritual Care Self-Assessment Tool.Nursing open · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundResearch shows that spirituality is important, but patients report that nurses rarely address spiritual issues, and research from the patient viewpoint is limited.
aimThe research objective was to gain knowledge about hospitalized patients' perspectives on spiritual assessment by nurses.
methodThis is a mixed methods exploratory study reporting on quantitative/qualitative aspects of the patient perspective. Norwegian nurses in an acute care hospital distributed a 21-item spiritual assessment survey to patients they felt would not be burdened by completing it. Patients' demographic data were not identifiable, survey packets were returned anonymously via hospital mail by 157 hospitalized patients. Each survey item and several variables on the demographic sheet had space for comments. Quantitative analysis used SPSS 21, qualitative data were thematically analyzed.
findingsStatistically significant correlations were found with all survey items. Hospitalized people reported high comfort with spiritual assessment by nurses. Qualitative findings revealed that patients had differing views on if, when, and how nurses should ask spiritual questions of them.
conclusionsIt is important to identify patients' perspectives in order to provide patient-centered holistic care. Understanding patient views will enlighten nurses and may promote spiritual care and improve patient health outcomes.
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