Healthcare worker’s attitude toward spirituality and spiritual care in the intensive care unit with COVID-19
ZAHRA SALEHI1, HAMDIA MIRKHAN AHMED2, KAREEM FATTAH AZIZ ASSIST3, FATEMEH NEMATI4* SEYED ALI DEHGHAN MANSHADI5, ESMAEIL MOHAMMADNEJAD6
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ABSTRACTBackground and aim: Spirituality is an important dimension of nursing care and
spiritual care is essential to ensure that educational goals are met in the
nursing profession, to provide optimal care and to meet, maintain and upgrade
the standards of professional competence. The attitude and awareness of the
medical staff towards spiritual care and spirituality can play a central role
in the implementation of this care. Therefore, this study aimed to determine
the attitudes toward spirituality and spiritual care in the healthcare workers
(HCWs) to patients with COVID-19 in the intensive care unit (ICU).
Materials and Methods: In this
descriptive-analytical study, 298 HCWs were selected through sampling based on
census. Data were collected using a demographic questionnaire and a
Spirituality and Spiritual Care Rating Scale (SSCRS). questionnaire for
measuring the spirituality and spiritual care in among HCWs. Data were analyzed
using SPSS 18 software and descriptive and inferential statistics. P < 0.05
was considered statistically significant.
Results: The majority of subjects (80.87%) were female and (63.8%) married.
The mean age was 35.32 ± 1.53 years who had 10.51 ± 4.41 years of experience. The
SSCRS score was 1.3% in low and undesirable HCWs, 59.2% in highly desirable
levels, and the SSCRS score was moderate in 39.62% of cases. The attitudes
toward spirituality had a direct and significant relationship with attitudes
toward spiritual care, so that as attitudes toward spirituality increased, so
did attitudes toward spiritual care.
Conclusions: The attitude towards spirituality and
spiritual care among the HCWs was favorable. The attention to spiritual care
education is recommended for adverse events.
Keywords: Attitudes,
spirituality, spiritual care, healthcare workers, COVID-19, intensive care unit
Background and aim: Spirituality is an important dimension of nursing care and
spiritual care is essential to ensure that educational goals are met in the
nursing profession, to provide optimal care and to meet, maintain and upgrade
the standards of professional competence. The attitude and awareness of the
medical staff towards spiritual care and spirituality can play a central role
in the implementation of this care. Therefore, this study aimed to determine
the attitudes toward spirituality and spiritual care in the healthcare workers
(HCWs) to patients with COVID-19 in the intensive care unit (ICU).
Materials and Methods: In this
descriptive-analytical study, 298 HCWs were selected through sampling based on
census. Data were collected using a demographic questionnaire and a
Spirituality and Spiritual Care Rating Scale (SSCRS). questionnaire for
measuring the spirituality and spiritual care in among HCWs. Data were analyzed
using SPSS 18 software and descriptive and inferential statistics. P < 0.05
was considered statistically significant.
Results: The majority of subjects (80.87%) were female and (63.8%) married.
The mean age was 35.32 ± 1.53 years who had 10.51 ± 4.41 years of experience. The
SSCRS score was 1.3% in low and undesirable HCWs, 59.2% in highly desirable
levels, and the SSCRS score was moderate in 39.62% of cases. The attitudes
toward spirituality had a direct and significant relationship with attitudes
toward spiritual care, so that as attitudes toward spirituality increased, so
did attitudes toward spiritual care.
Conclusions: The attitude towards spirituality and
spiritual care among the HCWs was favorable. The attention to spiritual care
education is recommended for adverse events.
Keywords: Attitudes,
spirituality, spiritual care, healthcare workers, COVID-19, intensive care unit