Ebrahimi Hossein, Areshtanab Hossein Namdar, Jafarabadi Mohammad Asghari, Khanmiri Soraya Golipoor
Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Road Traffic Injury Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Indian J Palliat Care. 2017 Jan-Mar;23(1):57-61. doi: 10.4103/0973-1075.197957.
Spiritual care is an important part of health-care provision. Spiritual care can improve patients' health. One of the requirements for providing appropriate spiritual care for patients is having the required competence.
This study was conducted to investigate the perception of health-care providers of their own competence in providing spiritual cares for patients hospitalized in medical-educational centers of Iran.
This study is a cross-sectional, analytical research conducted on 555 nurses of medical-educational centers in Tabriz, Iran, in 2014. Data were collected using a two-part questionnaire including demographic information and the spiritual care competence scale. Data analysis was performed using descriptive (frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation) and inferential (independent -test, Pearson, Spearman, ANOVA with Tukey test) statistics in SPSS software version 13.
Results showed that the mean score for nurses' perception of their competence in providing spiritual care for patients was average, that is, 95.2 ± 14.4. Mean score of nurses' perception of their competence in providing spiritual care in each aspect was significantly higher than average ( < 0.05). The highest score was related to individual support and consulting with patients, that is, 21.1 (4.0), and the lowest score was related to reference to experts, that is, 9.5 (2.3). The type of employment and participation in workshops had significant relationships with nurses' perception of their competence for providing spiritual care ( < 0.05).
The findings indicate that authorities and policymakers should take steps in planning for nurses' training for promoting their competence in providing spiritual care for patients; therefore, holding workshops is necessary.
精神关怀是医疗保健服务的重要组成部分。精神关怀可改善患者健康状况。为患者提供适当精神关怀的要求之一是具备所需的能力。
本研究旨在调查伊朗医学教育中心住院患者的医护人员对自身提供精神关怀能力的认知情况。
本研究为横断面分析研究，于2014年对伊朗大不里士医学教育中心的555名护士进行。数据通过包括人口统计学信息和精神关怀能力量表的两部分问卷收集。使用SPSS 13版软件进行描述性（频率、百分比、均值和标准差）和推断性（独立样本t检验、Pearson检验、Spearman检验、方差分析及Tukey检验）统计分析。
结果显示，护士对自身为患者提供精神关怀能力的认知平均得分为95.2±14.4。护士在各方面对自身提供精神关怀能力的认知平均得分均显著高于平均分（P<0.05）。得分最高的是个体支持和与患者咨询，为21.1（4.0），得分最低的是咨询专家，为9.5（2.3）。就业类型和参加工作坊与护士对自身提供精神关怀能力的认知有显著关系（P<0.05）。
研究结果表明，当局和政策制定者应采取措施规划护士培训，以提高他们为患者提供精神关怀的能力；因此，举办工作坊是必要的。
