Reed P G
University of Arizona, Tucson 85721.
Res Nurs Health. 1987 Oct;10(5):335-44. doi: 10.1002/nur.4770100507.
Initial research into the significance of spirituality among terminally ill adults was extended. Two hypotheses were examined using three groups of 100 adults matched on age, gender, education, and religious background: a) Terminally ill hospitalized adults indicate a greater spiritual perspective than nonterminally ill hospitalized adults and healthy nonhospitalized adults. b) Spiritual perspective is positively related to well-being among terminally ill hospitalized adults. All 300 participants completed the Spiritual Perspective Scale, Index of Well-Being, and other information. Planned comparisons analysis results supported the first hypothesis; low but significant correlation lent support to the second hypothesis. Differences among groups on recent change in spiritual views also were examined; a significantly larger number of terminally ill adults indicated a change toward increased spirituality than did nonterminally ill or healthy adults.
对绝症成年患者精神层面重要性的初步研究得到了拓展。研究使用了三组各100名在年龄、性别、教育程度和宗教背景上相匹配的成年人，对两个假设进行了检验：a）身患绝症的住院成年人比未患绝症的住院成年人以及健康的非住院成年人表现出更强的精神洞察力。b）在身患绝症的住院成年人中，精神洞察力与幸福感呈正相关。所有300名参与者都完成了精神洞察力量表、幸福感指数及其他信息的填写。计划比较分析结果支持了第一个假设；较低但显著的相关性为第二个假设提供了支持。研究还考察了各组近期精神观念变化的差异；与未患绝症或健康的成年人相比，身患绝症的成年人中表示精神层面有所提升的人数显著更多。
