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ArticleJournal of religion and health2021

Spiritual Support During COVID-19 in England: A Scoping Study of Online Sources.

Irena Papadopoulos, Runa Lazzarino, Steve Wright, Poppy Ellis Logan, Christina Koulouglioti

Erratum issuedOpen access · hybridAbstract readScoping Review
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Article in Journal of religion and health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 21 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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21citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Irena PapadopoulosResearch Centre for Transcultural Studies in Health, Department of Mental Health and Social Work, Faculty of Health, Social Care and Education, Middlesex University, The Burroughs, London, NW4 4BT, UK. R.Papadopoulos@mdx.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6291-4332
Runa LazzarinoResearch Centre for Transcultural Studies in Health, Department of Mental Health and Social Work, Faculty of Health, Social Care and Education, Middlesex University, The Burroughs, London, NW4 4BT, UK.
Steve WrightResearch Centre for Transcultural Studies in Health, Department of Mental Health and Social Work, Faculty of Health, Social Care and Education, Middlesex University, The Burroughs, London, NW4 4BT, UK.
Poppy Ellis LoganResearch Centre for Transcultural Studies in Health, Department of Mental Health and Social Work, Faculty of Health, Social Care and Education, Middlesex University, The Burroughs, London, NW4 4BT, UK.
Christina KoulougliotiResearch Centre for Transcultural Studies in Health, Department of Mental Health and Social Work, Faculty of Health, Social Care and Education, Middlesex University, The Burroughs, London, NW4 4BT, UK.
Middlesex University · GBUniversity Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spiritual support is a key element of holistic care, and better healthcare professionals training and stronger strategic guidelines become urgent in light of health disasters and emergencies, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. To this end, the aim of this study was to explore spiritual support provision within mass and social media and the websites of spiritual leaders, institutions and NHS chaplaincy units during COVID-19 in England, between March and May 2020. A scoping review design informed by Levac and colleagues' five-staged framework was adopted, and adapted with a multi-strategy search to scope the different domains of online sources. Results revealed that spiritual support for dying patients, their families, health care staff, spiritual leaders and chaplains, had to be drastically reduced, both in quality and quantity, as well as being provided via different technological devices or domestic symbolic actions. No mention was found of a central strategy for the provision of spiritual support. This study points to the importance of developing centralized strategies to prepare healthcare systems and professionals in relation to spiritual support provision, both routinely and during health disasters and emergencies. Further research will have to explore innovative practices, in particular the role of digital technologies, in spiritual support provision.

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COVID-19EnglandHumansPandemicsSARS-CoV-2SpiritualityBedside spiritual supportCOVID-19EnglandHospitalised patientsSpirituality

Identifiers

PMID33871782
PMCPMC8054506
OpenAlexW3155749578

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