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Health professionals' attitudes toward religiosity and spirituality: a NERSH Data Pool based on 23 surveys from six continents.

Alex Kørup, Jens Søndergaard, Nada A Alyousefi, Giancarlo Lucchetti, Klaus Baumann, Eunmi Lee, Azimatul Karimah, Parameshwaran Ramakrishnan, Eckhard Frick, Arndt Büssing and 7 more

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Opinions, Attitudes and Beliefs Regarding Spirituality and Religiosity in the Clinical Practice of Dental Students: A Cross-Sectional Study.European journal of dental education : official journal of the Association for Dental Education in Europe · 2026
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  2. [Accompanying parents' spiritual needs in neonatal care].Medizinische Klinik, Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors.

Alex KørupResearch Unit of General Practice, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, 5000, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-1926-9435
Jens SøndergaardResearch Unit of General Practice, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, 5000, Denmark.
Nada A AlyousefiCollege of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11461, Saudi Arabia.
Giancarlo LucchettiDepartment of Medicine, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil.
Klaus BaumannFaculty of Theology, Albert-Ludwig-University, Freiburg, D-79085, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7998-0763
Eunmi LeeFaculty of Theology, Albert-Ludwig-University, Freiburg, D-79085, Germany.
Azimatul KarimahDepartment of Psychiatry, Airlangga University, Surabaya, Indonesia.
Parameshwaran RamakrishnanGraduate Theological Union, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, USA.
Eckhard FrickDepartment of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Technical University of Munich, Munich, 81675, Germany.
Arndt BüssingInstitute of Integrative Medicine, University Witten/Herdecke, Herdecke, 58313, Germany.
Esther SchoutenDepartment of Neonatology, University Hospital Munich, Munich, 80366, Germany.
Wyatt ButcherSchool of Divinity, King's College, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK.
René HeftiResearch Institute for Spirituality and Health, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Inga WermuthDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Munich, Munich, 80336, Germany.
Rocio de Diego-CorderoResearch Group CTS 969 Innovation in Health Care and Social Determinants of Health, University of Seville, Seville, 41009, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-3453-003X
Maria Cecilia Menegatti-ChequiniDepartment and Institute of Psychiatry, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, 05403-010, Brazil.
Niels Christian HvidtResearch Unit of General Practice, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, 5000, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-6311-9784

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background In order to facilitate better international and cross-cultural comparisons of health professionals (HPs) attitudes towards Religiosity and/or Spirituality (R/S) using individual participant data meta-analysis we updated the NERSH Data Pool. Methods We performed both a network search, a citation search and systematic literature searches to find new surveys. Results We found six new surveys (N=1,068), and the complete data pool ended up comprising 7,323 observations, including 4,070 females and 3,253 males. Most physicians (83%, N=3,700) believed that R/S had "some" influence on their patients' health (CI95%) (81.8%-84.2%). Similarly, nurses (94%, N=1,020) shared such a belief (92.5%-95.5%). Across all samples 649 (16%; 14.9%-17.1%) physicians reported to have undergone formal R/S-training, compared with nurses where this was 264 (23%; 20.6%-25.4%). Conclusions Preliminary analysis indicates that HPs believe R/S to be important for patient health but lack formal R/S-training. Findings are discussed. We find the data pool suitable as a base for future cross-cultural comparisons using individual participant data meta-analysis.

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PhysiciansSpiritualityAttitude of Health PersonnelFemaleHumansMaleReligionSurveys and QuestionnairesData poolHealth professionalsInternational collaborationReligionSpirituality

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PMID34868556
PMCPMC8607302

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