Perceptions of Clinical Athletic Trainers on the Spiritual Care of Injured Athletes

Abstract

Context: Treating both the body and the mind of an injured or ill patient is accepted as necessary for full healing to occur. However, treating the spiritual needs of the patient has less consensus.Objective: To determine the perceptions and practices of certified athletic trainers (ATs) working in the college/university setting pertaining to spiritual care of the injured athlete.Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: A survey instrument was e-mailed to a stratified random sample of 2000 ATs at 4-year colleges and universities.Patients or Other Participants: Five hundred sixty-four participants (296 men, 234 women; 34 did not specify sex). Main Outcome Measure(s):We measured the ATs' perceptions and practices related to spiritual care for athletes.Results: We found that 82.4% of respondents agreed that addressing spiritual concerns could result in more positive therapeutic outcomes for athletes; however, 64.3% disagreed that ATs are responsible for providing the spiritual care. Positive correlations were found between personal spirituality and items favoring implementing spiritual care.Conclusions: Athletic trainers have a conceptual appreciation of the importance of spiritual care for athletes, but the practicalities of how to define, acquire skills in, and practice spiritual care are unresolved.Key Words: treatment, spirituality, holistic careKey Points• Athletic trainers agreed that addressing spiritual care of injured athletes could result in more positive therapeutic outcomes.• Participants disagreed that providing spiritual care is their responsibility.• Hesitancy by practitioners to incorporate spirituality into therapy might result from an inaccurate perception that providing spiritual care is synonymous with sharing personal spiritual beliefs. • More research is needed to determine the scope and efficacy of practicing spiritual care with injured athletes.

Disablement Model and Health-Related Quality of Life Classification for Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Instruments

“…Considering that these instruments were designed for pediatric patients, questions related to spirituality or financial health may be irrelevant. Further, perspectives are mixed as to whether spiritual health should be a component of athletic health care, 45 which may make the fact that these instruments did not capture the spiritual dimension of health less of a concern. Of the 22 pediatric PROMIS instruments reviewed, 10 (45%) included questions from a single disablement-model domain, either body functions and structures or activities.…”

Cuidado Em Saúde E Enfermagem No Voleibol: Revisão Integrativa

“…Dentre os 17 (dezessete) artigos selecionados (COS-TA, 2007;VIEIRA et al, 2010;AGRESTA;BRANDÃO;NETO BARROS, 2008;SIEBRA;FEITOSA-FILHO, 2008;CAMPOS;VIGARIO;LURDOF, 2011;SCHAMASCH et al, 2009;PARSONS et al, 2008;MESQUITA;FONSECA;FRANCA, 2008;BUENO;DI BONIFACIO, 2008;MCK-NIGHT;JUILLERAT, 2011;VIEIRA, et al, 2013;BARA FILHO, et al 2013;MARONI;BASTOS, 2010;BORGES;TONINI, 2012;SILVA et al, 2014;MOURA, et al, 2013;FREITAS;MILOSKI;BARA FILHO, 2015), destaca-se que há uma distribuição linear nas publicações, com maior destaque para o ano de 2008, quando foram pulicados 4 (quatro) artigos, nos demais anos (2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 , 2013, 2014 e 2015) manteve-se a média de 1 (um) a 2 (dois) artigos publicados. Houve também predominância entre os tipos de abordagem no método quantitativo e ênfase nos estudos realizados com atletas.…”

“…Pois, atletas podem ser afetados por condições/eventos que não têm sintomas evidentes, podendo somente ser identificadas por avaliações de saúde específicas e periódicas (CAMPOS; VIGARIO; LURDOF, 2011;SCHAMASCH, et al, 2009;MCKNIGHT;JUILLE-RAT, 2011), ou ainda, não sendo identificadas.…”

“…Valorizando essa posição de valores atrelados a fé, há profissionais que tentam aproximar o cuidado a saúde dos atletas, ao contexto da espiritualidade, concordando que somatizar e valorizar as crenças espirituais de um atleta, podem resultar em efeitos positivos no tratamento de uma lesão, ocorrendo assim, o retorno mais rápido as atividades (MCKNIGHT; JUILLERAT, 2011). No entanto, no contraponto desta possibilidade de aproximação vem o ceticismo da ciência, criando obstáculos nesta interação, devido a espiritualidade não ser relevante para alguns profissionais no cuidado a saúde (MCKNIGHT; JUILLERAT, 2011).…”

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“…Foram também encontradas correlações positivas entre a religiosidade pessoal e a implementação de cuidados espirituais MCKNIGHT, JUILLERAT, 2011).…”