This study focuses on the relationship between the faith sub-dimension of spiritual well-being and COVID-19-related fear among cancer patients. The research employs a descriptive, correlational, and cross-sectional approach to understand how faith influences psychological resilience and reduces fear in this population during the pandemic. The study was conducted with 261 cancer...
This study examined spiritual complexity in end-of-life patients cared for by palliative care teams in Catalonia, Spain, using the HexCom model. Among 1818 patients (55.9% men, average age 75.7), spiritual complexity remained stable (37.5% initially, 35.5% final), while high complexity increased from 8.3 to 11.2%. Intrapersonal complexity was the most common (19.7%), followed by...
Adolescent substance use can have a significant negative impact on life trajectories. Therefore, identifying factors associated with adolescent substance use is important. Previous research has identified parental religiosity as a factor associated with lower adolescent substance use. However, these studies suffered from a number of limitations and are often focussed on US...
This study explored the relationship between a multidimensional typology of religiosity and risk of mortality. Using data from middle-aged Southern California respondents in the Longitudinal Study of Generations, we performed latent class analysis to construct a typology of religiosity, which was then used to predict mortality from 1971 to 2020. We identified four religiosity...
Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox Jews (Haredi) are a culturally distinct and tightly-knit community. Since their lifestyle, which rests on the strict interpretation of religious sources, sets them as a cultural minority within the dominant secular culture of modern Israeli society, addressing mental health within this group requires tailored approaches that consider the community’s values...
The study was conducted to investigate death anxiety, psychological resilience, religious attitude levels, and related factors in cardiology patients with and without myocardial infarction (MI). This descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted with 500 cardiology patients (250 with and 250 without MI) in Turkey. The Personal Information Form, Turkish Death Anxiety Scale...
This study aimed to determine the levels of spiritual care needs and death anxiety, as well as the relationship between them, in Turkish patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This descriptive and correlational study included 480 patients who were admitted to the pulmonology outpatient clinics of a public hospital with a diagnosis of COPD between November 1...
High-fidelity simulation is an educational technique that utilizes advanced technology and realistic clinical scenarios to replicate real-life situations, offering students a safe and immersive environment to practice and enhance their skills. A quantitative experimental study with a pretest–posttest single-group design was conducted, where 143 first-year undergraduate nursing...
Much of the research in this issue relates to the long-standing profession of nursing and, secondly, the even longer established professions of chaplaincy and the clergy. This issue also provides evidence of the ever-increasing number of religious and spirituality measurement scales, as well as various other forms of religious and/or spiritual evaluations and the associated...
Fetal health anxiety during pregnancy is considered one of the most common and intense types of anxiety experienced. This study was conducted to determine the relationship between fetal health anxiety, spiritual well-being, and perceived social support levels in hospitalized pregnant women with high-risk pregnancies. This descriptive study was carried out between March and August...
The present study was designed to translate the Francis Burnout Inventory Revised into Portuguese and to test this translation among a snowball sample of 266 Catholic priests serving in Portugal (91% diocesan). The data demonstrated: good internal consistency reliability for the two scales proposed by this instrument (negative affect, α = .89 and positive affect, α = .89...
The aim of this cross-sectional study was to investigate the relationship between religious (positive and negative) coping and coronavirus anxiety among churchgoers (N = 215) in Grenada during the height of the pandemic, and whether age, gender or religion predicted both phenomena. The Brief Religious Coping Scale (BCOPE) and coronavirus anxiety Scale (CAS) were used to measure...
Evidence is presented that the protective relationships between religious participation and depression, suicide, and substance use are in fact causal. Such evidence comes from rigorous longitudinal studies with large sample size and control for confounding and baseline outcomes; from meta-analyses and systematic reviews of such studies; from robustness of associations to...
Religiosity offers individuals a sense of purpose and connection, which can lead to greater life satisfaction and improved psychological well-being and happiness. On the other hand, psychological challenges such as depression, anxiety, stress, and difficulty dealing with uncertainty can negatively affect life satisfaction. This study examined these dynamics using a hypothetical...
This interdisciplinary study examines the prophet Elijah’s experiences as depicted in 1 Kings 18–19 through a multidisciplinary lens, combining theological, literary, and psychological perspectives. Drawing on literary and historical–critical methods, a biblical scholar analyzes the narrative’s linguistic and cultural dimensions, while a psychologist evaluates these findings...
This ecumenical White Paper aims to clarify the profile of Christian healthcare chaplaincy in a context of rapidly changing healthcare systems. The increasing complexity and specialization of healthcare, the shift towards outpatient care, mounting economic pressures, the demographic and epidemiological transitions towards chronic and elderly care, and global health crises are...
The aim of the study was to assess associations between religiousness (affiliation, and involvement) and five mental and five behavioural health indicators among middle-aged and older adults in a national longitudinal population survey in Thailand. The analytic sample consisted of 2863 participants, with two study assessments in 2015 and 2020. At baseline 91.5 percent were...
Although spiritual health is a core dimension of health and wellness, particularly for Latinos, it receives limited attention in health promotion interventions. Examen Tu Salud is a brief intervention for young Latinas in the USA and is designed using culturally tailored spiritual messaging and education provided through daily multimedia messages and weekly remote peer coaching...
This paper investigates the nurses’ gatekeeping role for spiritual care in multi-disciplinary teams as a way of responding to the spiritual needs of patients with brain tumors in Austria. Using a validated vignette in an online survey, qualitative data from 56 neurosurgical nurses (30.4% response rate) were analyzed via reflexive thematic analysis. One key theme, Nurses as...
This study aimed to identify the correlation between treatment adherence and spiritual well-being in patients with Type 2 Diabetes. A descriptive and correlational design was used. The study consisted of 203 patients. The data were collected through a patient information form, The Scale for Compliance to the Treatment in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and the FACIT-Sp-12 and analyzed...
The outcomes of a 40-h Spiritual/Existential Care training program (SpECi) for healthcare professionals on their patients
Student nurses’ sensitivity and personal perceptions about spirituality and spiritual care are important in providing spiritual care because student nurses need to explore their spirituality and their relationship to care. The study was carried out with a sequential explanatory mixed method design. Quantitative data for the research was collected using the descriptive...
It is crucial for nurses to understand the meaning of spirituality, which can become more pronounced during pregnancy, childbirth, and breastfeeding, and to take a supportive approach to breastfeeding attitudes during pregnancy. This study aimed to explore pregnant women’s attitudes and spiritual experiences in Türkiye regarding breastfeeding. A qualitative inductive content...
This exploratory study examined the spiritual care beliefs of California pharmacists and their perspectives and experiences with prayer and spiritual conversations with patients. An online survey was utilized to collect data from members of the California Society of Health-System Pharmacists in Spring 2021. Most of the 85 respondents (3.4% response rate) were Christian (61...