Attention to Inpatients’ Religious and Spiritual Concerns: Predictors and Association with Patient Satisfaction

Williams, Joshua; Meltzer, David O.; Arora, Vineet M.; Chung, Grace S.; Curlin, Farr A.

doi:10.1007/s11606-011-1781-y

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“…Nursing has acknowledged the role of RS in patients' lives and developed protocols to ensure spiritual assessments and interventions are included in patient care (American Holistic Nursing Association 2007; Clark et al 2003). While several studies in nursing document patients' desire for their spirituality to be acknowledged in treatment (Clark 2010;Puchalski 2004), nurses' attitudes about integration (Strang et al 2002;Williams et al 2011), as well as barriers to RS integration in treatment (Brush and Daly 2000;McSherry 2006;Vance 2001), little has been done to understand the RS beliefs and practices of nurses or to compare their RS with the clients' RS whom they serve (Chung et al 2007;Taylor et al 2014). …”

Section: Religion/spirituality In Health and Mental Health Treatmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Religious and Spiritual Beliefs and Practices among Practitioners across Five Helping Professions

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Abstract:Helping professionals' religious and spiritual beliefs and practices have been reported as important components in the consideration of clients' religion/spirituality (RS) in mental and behavioral health treatment. However, no study to date has simultaneously examined and compared five helping professions' RS beliefs and practices, including psychologists, social workers, counselors, nurses, and marriage and family therapists. The current study is a secondary analysis of 536 licensed helping professionals in Texas to answer the following questions: (1) What levels of intrinsic religiosity and frequency of religious activities exist across these five professions, and how do they compare?; (2) To what extent do these five professions consider themselves religious or spiritual, and how do they compare?; and (3) What are the religious beliefs and practices across these five professions, and how do they compare? Results indicated significant differences across the five professions with regards to their religious affiliation, frequently used RS practices and activities, degree to which each profession self-identifies as spiritual, as well as intrinsic religiosity. A general comparison between helping professionals' responses with the general population's RS is also discussed. Implications based on these findings, as well as recommendations for future studies are included, particularly given the recent movement toward transdisciplinary clinical practice.

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Section: Religion/spirituality In Health and Mental Health Treatmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Religious and Spiritual Beliefs and Practices among Practitioners across Five Helping Professions

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“…It is notable that this association between discussing R/S and patient satisfaction was present regardless of whether the patient had initially said they wanted such a discussion. 46 With regard to psychiatric patients, Huguelet et al 47 conducted a randomized controlled trial to investigate the impact of taking a SH during standard care of schizophrenic outpatients. Psychiatry residents received 90 minutes of training and 10 to 40 minutes of supervision on taking a SH during a regular appointment.…”

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Clinical implications of spirituality to mental health: review of evidence and practical guidelines

Moreira‐Almeida

Koenig

Lucchetti

2014

Rev. Bras. Psiquiatr.

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Objective: Despite empirical evidence of a relationship between religiosity/spirituality (R/S) and mental health and recommendations by professional associations that these research findings be integrated into clinical practice, application of this knowledge in the clinic remains a challenge. This paper reviews the current state of the evidence and provides evidence-based guidelines for spiritual assessment and for integration of R/S into mental health treatment. Methods: PubMed searches of relevant terms yielded 1,109 papers. We selected empirical studies and reviews that addressed assessment of R/S in clinical practice. Results: The most widely acknowledged and agreed-upon application of R/S to clinical practice is the need to take a spiritual history (SH), which may improve patient compliance, satisfaction with care, and health outcomes. We found 25 instruments for SH collection, several of which were validated and of good clinical utility. Conclusions: This paper provides practical guidelines for spiritual assessment and integration thereof into mental health treatment, as well as suggestions for future research on the topic.

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“…To have greater impact on lifestyle-related diseases, clinicians need to discuss with their patients the role that religion plays in the choice to smoke, drink alcohol, limit food choices to plant foods, and the forms of permissible exercise (Dagkas and Benn, 2006;Koenig, 2004;Spencer et al, 2007). Even if patients are not religious, their satisfaction with clinical care is enhanced when the clinician makes the effort to inquire about their religious practices (Williams et al, 2011). It is relevant for clinicians and public health practitioners who care for Asian Indians to be aware of how religiosity and religious affiliation may impact lifestyle practices and obesity risk, especially given that Asian Indians are at increased risk for diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease at younger ages (Joshi et al, 2007).…”

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The association of religiosity with overweight/obese body mass index among Asian Indian immigrants in California

Bharmal

Kaplan

Shapiro

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Preventive Medicine

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Attention to Inpatients’ Religious and Spiritual Concerns: Predictors and Association with Patient Satisfaction

Abstract: These data suggest that many more inpatients desire conversations about R/S than have them. Health care professionals might improve patients' overall experience with being hospitalized and patient satisfaction by addressing this unmet patient need.

Cited by 226 publications

References 23 publications

The Religious and Spiritual Beliefs and Practices among Practitioners across Five Helping Professions

The Religious and Spiritual Beliefs and Practices among Practitioners across Five Helping Professions

Clinical implications of spirituality to mental health: review of evidence and practical guidelines

The association of religiosity with overweight/obese body mass index among Asian Indian immigrants in California

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