Department of Nursing, 5th Floor, Kompleks Pendidikan Perubatan Canselor Tuanku Ja'afar, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Faculty of Medicine, The National University of Malaysia, Jalan Yaacob Latif, Bandar Tun Razak, Cheras, 56000, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University, Peninsula Campus, Frankston, VIC, Australia.
J Relig Health. 2019 Feb;58(1):180-194. doi: 10.1007/s10943-018-0624-0.
The increasing evidence that spirituality is a critical component for promoting health and well-being has made spirituality more significant to nursing practice. However, although nurses' perceptions of spirituality have been studied in western countries, there has been little research on this topic in Southeast Asian countries where religions other than Christianity predominate. This study explores Malaysian nurses' perceptions of spirituality and spiritual care and examines associations between socio-demographics and their perceptions. The Malaysian Nurse Forum Facebook closed group was used for data collection with 208 completed the online survey. The participants considered that spirituality is a fundamental aspect of nursing. Nonetheless, half of the respondents were uncertain regarding the use of the spiritual dimension for individuals with no religious affiliation. Significant differences were found between educational levels in mean scores for spirituality and spiritual care. There was also a positive relationship between perception of spirituality and spiritual care among the respondents. Despite the positive perceptions of nurses of spirituality in nursing care, the vast majority of nurses felt that they required more education and training relating to spiritual aspects of care, delivered within the appropriate cultural context.
越来越多的证据表明，灵性是促进健康和幸福的关键组成部分，这使得灵性在护理实践中变得更加重要。然而，尽管已经对西方国家护士的灵性观念进行了研究，但在基督教以外的其他宗教占主导地位的东南亚国家，关于这一主题的研究却很少。本研究探讨了马来西亚护士对灵性和灵性护理的看法，并考察了社会人口统计学因素与其看法之间的关联。通过马来西亚护士论坛 Facebook 封闭群组收集数据，共有 208 名参与者完成了在线调查。参与者认为灵性是护理的一个基本方面。尽管如此，仍有一半的受访者对没有宗教信仰的个人使用灵性维度感到不确定。在灵性和灵性护理的平均分方面，教育程度存在显著差异。在受访者中，对灵性的看法与灵性护理之间也存在积极的关系。尽管护士对护理中的灵性有积极的看法，但绝大多数护士认为他们需要更多与护理的灵性方面相关的教育和培训，并在适当的文化背景下提供。
