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ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2023

The relationship between the strength of religious faith and spirituality in relation to post-traumatic growth among nurses caring for COVID-19 patients in eastern Poland: a cross-sectional study.

Grzegorz Józef Nowicki, Daria Schneider-Matyka, Iwona Godlewska, Andrzej Tytuła, Marzena Kotus, Monika Walec, Elżbieta Grochans, Barbara Ślusarska

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Article in Frontiers in psychiatry, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Grzegorz Józef NowickiDepartment of Family and Geriatric Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland.
Daria Schneider-MatykaDepartment of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Szczecin, Poland.
Iwona GodlewskaSecond Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Therapy, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland.
Andrzej TytułaHead Chamber of Nurses and Midwives, Warszawa, Poland.
Marzena KotusDepartment of Anaesthesiological and Intensive Care Nursing, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland.
Monika WalecDepartment of Family and Geriatric Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland.
Elżbieta GrochansDepartment of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Szczecin, Poland.
Barbara ŚlusarskaDepartment of Family and Geriatric Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland.

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Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic had forced intensive care unit (ICU) nurses to adapt to extreme conditions in a short period of time. This resulted in them experiencing extremely stressful situations. The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between post-traumatic growth (PTG) and religiosity and spirituality (R/S) among nurses caring for COVID-19 patients in intensive care during the pandemic. Materials and methods: 120 nurses working in Lublin, eastern Poland, participated in the cross-sectional study. The questionnaire was made up of three standardised tools: The Post-Traumatic Growth Inventory, The Santa Clara Strength of Religious Faith Questionnaire, The Spiritual Attitude and Involvement List. Results: In terms of spirituality, the study group of nurses achieved the highest score in the Connectedness with Nature subscale (4.37 ± 1.07), while the strength of religious beliefs had a positive correlation with post-traumatic growth only in the Spiritual changes subscale ( Conclusion: Both religiosity and spirituality were significantly associated with post-traumatic growth in the group of ICU nurses, but spirituality appears to have played a larger role. Our findings support the value and significance of the development of spiritual and religious identity as a means of enhancing positive psychological changes in the face of traumatic events.

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COVID-19nursespost-traumatic growthreligionspirituality

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PMCPMC10800582

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