Professorship of Spiritual Care and Psychosomatic Health, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Langerstr. 3, 81675, Munich, Germany.
Department of General Practice and Health Services Research, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 130.3, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
J Relig Health. 2023 Aug;62(4):2436-2451. doi: 10.1007/s10943-022-01536-2. Epub 2022 Apr 27.
To understand if GPs' spiritual competence, their personal spirituality and attitude towards enquiring about spirituality in practice interrelate, we conducted a cross-sectional survey of 30 German GPs regarding issues of SC. We found correlations between GPs' personal spirituality, their spiritual competence and their attitudes towards SC. The ability to perceive spiritual needs of patients was the competence most strongly related to GPs' attitude towards SC. The competence with the strongest correlation to personal spirituality was Self-awareness and Proactive opening. No correlation was found between affiliation to a spiritual community and GPs' attitude towards SC. The results show that GPs' personal spirituality and spiritual competence are indeed related to addressing spirituality with their patients. To foster SC, training programmes should raise awareness for one's personal spirituality and encourage one to reflect on spiritual competence.
为了了解全科医生的精神能力、个人灵性以及他们在实践中对探究灵性的态度是否相互关联,我们对 30 名德国全科医生进行了一项关于 SC 问题的横断面调查。我们发现全科医生的个人灵性、精神能力与其对 SC 的态度之间存在相关性。感知患者精神需求的能力是与全科医生对 SC 的态度最相关的能力。与个人灵性相关性最强的能力是自我意识和主动开放。与精神社区的隶属关系与全科医生对 SC 的态度之间没有相关性。结果表明,全科医生的个人灵性和精神能力确实与与患者探讨灵性有关。为了培养 SC,培训计划应该提高对个人灵性的认识,并鼓励对精神能力进行反思。