Competence and frequency of provision of spiritual care by nurses in the Netherlands
Engelsk titel: Competence and frequency of provision of spiritual care by nurses in the Netherlands
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Författare:
Vogel, Annemieke
;
Schep-Akkerman, Annemiek E
Email: a.schep@nhg.org
Språk: Eng
Antal referenser: 27
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Artikel
UI-nummer: 19020133
Sammanfattning
Background: Spiritual care to patients is important for their well‐being, and nurses do have a crucial role in it. Previous research focused on self‐assessed competence in providing spiritual care, but little is known about the actual provision. The aims of this study were as follows: (i) to evaluate how often nurses provide spiritual care, (ii) if or which association there is between self‐assessed competency and provision of spiritual care, and (iii) to study which factors do have influence on delivering spiritual care.
Method: A quantitative study was designed. Nurses were asked to complete a questionnaire. Self‐assessment of spiritual care competence and actions was evaluated with the Spiritual Care Competence Scale New: a 27 items questionnaire on competence (SCCS‐can) and frequency (SCCS‐do) of providing spiritual care, measured with a five‐point Likert scale. Mean competence score and frequency of provision were calculated, next to the correlation between those two. Several factors (mean SCCS‐can, gender, age, education level, experience, life view, personal spirituality (measured on a 1–10 scale)) were included in regression analysis to study factors of influence on actual provision of spiritual care (measured with SCCS‐do).
Results: A total of 104 completed questionnaires have been analysed. Mean score on the SCCS‐can was 3.9, and on the SCCS‐do 3.2. This means that nurses state they are highly competent in delivering spiritual care and provide this monthly. The Pearson correlation between SCCS‐can and SCCS‐do was 0.50, which means the higher the score on SCCS‐can, the higher the score on SCCS‐do. Regression analysis shows that the self‐assessed competence of spiritual care (SCCS‐can) and the personal spirituality are significant predictors of the outcome SCCS‐do.
Conclusion: The better the nurses think they can provide spiritual care, the more they say they practise it. Regression analysis supports this: the factors of influence on provision of spiritual care are self‐assessed competence and personal spirituality.