Heidari Akram, Afzoon Zahra, Heidari Morteza
Spiritual Health Research Center, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran.
School of Allied Medical Sciences, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran.
BMC Nurs. 2022 Oct 12;21(1):277. doi: 10.1186/s12912-022-01056-0.
Considering the importance of spiritual aspects of human beings, spiritual care provision is increasingly recognized as a major duty of healthcare providers, particularly nursing staff. Spiritual care competence is necessary for the nurses to be able to provide spiritual care, but the competence itself is associated with other variables. This study aimed to investigate if the spiritual care competence of nurses is related to their spiritual health.
A cross-sectional study was conducted with the participation of 172 practicing nurses in hospitals affiliated with Qom University of Medical Sciences, selected through stratified random sampling. Participants completed the Persian versions of the Spiritual Health Questionnaire (Amiri) and the Spiritual Care Competence Scale (Van Leeuwen). To examine the correlation between nurses' spiritual health and spiritual care competence, a Spearman coefficient was used and a linear regression analysis was done to determine the predictability of the spiritual care competence of the nurses. The data were analyzed using SPSS v.23 and the significance level was set at 0.05.
The participants showed a mean (SD) score of 108.93 (19.04) on spiritual care competence and 213.38 (16.49) on spiritual health. Spiritual care competence of nurses showed no significant relationship with demographic characteristics and their spiritual health had a significant relationship with gender only. Correlation analysis revealed a significant relationship between spiritual health and spiritual care competence and their subscales. Moreover, the linear regression analysis indicated that the nurses' performance regarding spiritual health can predict their spiritual care competence.
The study revealed that the spiritual care competence of nurses is correlated with their spiritual health and performance as a subscale of spiritual health can predict their spiritual care competence. Thus, it can be concluded that the spiritual health of nurses is an important factor in providing spiritual care for patients and meeting their spiritual needs.
鉴于人类精神层面的重要性，提供精神关怀日益被视为医疗服务提供者，尤其是护理人员的一项主要职责。护士具备精神关怀能力是能够提供精神关怀的必要条件，但该能力本身与其他变量相关。本研究旨在调查护士的精神关怀能力是否与其精神健康有关。
采用横断面研究，通过分层随机抽样选取了172名库姆医科大学附属医院的在职护士参与。参与者完成了波斯语版的《精神健康问卷》（阿米里）和《精神关怀能力量表》（范·李文）。为检验护士精神健康与精神关怀能力之间的相关性，使用了斯皮尔曼系数，并进行线性回归分析以确定护士精神关怀能力的可预测性。数据使用SPSS v.23进行分析，显著性水平设定为0.05。
参与者在精神关怀能力方面的平均（标准差）得分为108.93（19.04），在精神健康方面的平均（标准差）得分为213.38（16.49）。护士的精神关怀能力与人口统计学特征无显著关系，其精神健康仅与性别有显著关系。相关性分析显示精神健康与精神关怀能力及其子量表之间存在显著关系。此外，线性回归分析表明护士在精神健康方面的表现可以预测其精神关怀能力。
该研究表明护士的精神关怀能力与其精神健康相关，且作为精神健康子量表的表现可以预测其精神关怀能力。因此，可以得出结论，护士的精神健康是为患者提供精神关怀并满足其精神需求的重要因素。
