Journal article
Human Development Index and its association with staff spiritual care provision: a Middle Eastern oncology study
Supportive care in cancer, Vol.27(9), pp.3601-3610
09/01/2019
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-019-04733-0
PMID: 30895381
Abstract
Background Although staff spiritual care provision plays a key role in patient-centered care, there is insufficient information on international variance in attitudes toward spiritual care and its actual provision. Methods A cross-sectional survey of the attitudes of Middle Eastern oncology physicians and nurses toward eight examples of staff provision of spiritual care: two questionnaire items concerned prayer, while six items related to applied information gathering, such as spiritual history taking, referrals, and encouraging patients in their spirituality. In addition, respondents reported on spiritual care provision for their last three advanced cancer patients. Results Seven hundred seventy responses were received from 14 countries (25% from countries with very high Human Development Index (HDI), 41% high, 29% medium, 5% low). Over 63% of respondents positively viewed the six applied information gathering items, while significantly more, over 76%, did so among respondents from very high HDI countries (p value range, p<0.001 to p=0.01). Even though only 42-45% overall were positively inclined toward praying with patients, respondents in lower HDI countries expressed more positive views (p<0.001). In interaction analysis, HDI proved to be the single strongest factor associated with five of eight spiritual care examples (p<0.001 for all). Significantly, the Middle Eastern respondents in our study actually provided actual spiritual care to 47% of their most recent advanced cancer patients, compared to only 27% in a parallel American study, with the key difference identified being HDI. Conclusions A country's development level is a key factor influencing attitudes toward spiritual care and its actual provision. Respondents from lower ranking HDI countries proved relatively more likely to provide spiritual care and to have positive attitudes toward praying with patients. In contrast, respondents from countries with higher HDI levels had relatively more positive attitudes toward spiritual care interventions that involved gathering information applicable to patient care.
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- Title: Subtitle
- Human Development Index and its association with staff spiritual care provision: a Middle Eastern oncology study
- Creators
- Gil Bar-Sela - Emek Medical CenterMichael J. Schultz - Rambam Health Care CampusKarima Elshamy - Mansoura UniversityMaryam Rassouli - Shahid Beheshti University of Medical SciencesEran Ben-Arye - Haifa Medical CenterMyrna Doumit - Lebanese American UniversityNahla Gafer - Radiat & Isotope Ctr, Khartoum, SudanAlaa Albashayreh - University of Iowa, NursingIbtisam Ghrayeb - Al-Makassed Islamic Charitable Society HospitalIbrahim Turker - Ankara Onkoloji Eğitim ve Araştırma HastanesiGulcin Ozalp - Ankara Onkoloji Eğitim ve Araştırma HastanesiSultan Kav - Başkent UniversityRasha Fahmi - Al-Salam HospitalSophia NestorosHasanein Ghali - Baghdad Medical CityLayth Mula-Hussain - University of AlbertaIlana Shazar - Rambam Health Care CampusRana Obeidat - Zarqa UniversityRehana Punjwani - Children Canc Hosp, Karachi, PakistanGulbeyaz Can - Istanbul Florence Nightingale HospitalMohamad Khleif - Al Sadeel Soc Palliat Care, Bethlehem, West Bank, PalestineGonca Tuncel - Ankara Onkoloji Eğitim ve Araştırma HastanesiHaris Charalambous - Bank of Cyprus Oncology CenterSafa Faraj - Baghdad Coll Med, Childrens Welf Teaching Hosp, Baghdad, IraqNeophyta Keoppi - Cyprus Anticanc Soc, Nicosia, CyprusMazin Al-Jadiry - Baghdad Medical CitySergey Postovsky - Rambam Health Care CampusMa'an Al-Omari - King Abdullah University HospitalSamaher Razzaq - Baghdad Medical CityHani Ayyash - European Khan Yunis Hosp, Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, PalestineKhaled Khader - Taif UniversityRejin Kebudi - Istanbul UniversitySuha Omran - Jordan University of Science and TechnologyOsaid Rasheed - Al-Ahli HospitalMohammed Qadire - Al al-Bayt UniversityAhmet Ozet - Gazi HastanesiMichael Silbermann - Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Supportive care in cancer, Vol.27(9), pp.3601-3610
- DOI
- 10.1007/s00520-019-04733-0
- PMID
- 30895381
- NLM abbreviation
- Support Care Cancer
- ISSN
- 0941-4355
- eISSN
- 1433-7339
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Number of pages
- 10
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/01/2019
- Academic Unit
- Nursing
- Record Identifier
- 9984446277202771
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