Pharmacy students' perceived barriers to spiritual care: A qualitative study

Gavaza, Paul; Rawal, Bhaktidevi M.; Taylor, Elizabeth Johnston

doi:10.1016/j.rcsop.2023.100246

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“…These findings are highly consistent with those seen across other healthcare professions, including surveys and qualitative studies, in nursing, 7,8,37 palliative care medicine, 38 physiotherapy, 12 occupational therapy 11 and, most recently, pharmacy. 39 A common thread remains across the present study and the findings across the wider literature around healthcare professionals views of spiritual care, which is that spiritual care is considered as fundamental to incorporate into practice, although better training and education on its provision is required for it to be practiced more widely and with confidence.…”

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A survey regarding the role of UK dietitians in spiritual care

Lycett,

Garvey,

Patel

2024

J Human Nutrition Diet

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BackgroundUsers of dietetic services have unmet spiritual needs, although no study has yet explored dietitians' opinion, perceptions or experience of assessing spiritual needs and delivering spiritual care in clinical practice.MethodsA cross‐sectional survey assessed the role of UK dietitians in spiritual care.ResultsThirty‐seven practicing dietitians, with experience ranging from newly qualified to over 21 years of practice, took part in the survey containing open and closed questions. Almost half (49%) of dietitians said they always conducted spiritual assessments and most (57%) said they sometimes made a referral for spiritual concerns. When spiritual issues arose, dietitians were highly likely to listen well (score 4.6 out of 5) and encourage service users in their own (the service user) spiritual or religious practices (score 4 out of 5). However, the likelihood of taking the initiative and enquiring about religious and spiritual issues was lower (score <3 out of 5) in all areas of practice including end of life care. This may have been because confidence around spiritual care was also low (score 4.7 out of 10), uncertainty was high (score >3.5 out of 5) and there was a strong desire to receive training (>4 out of 5). Qualitative responses expanded further on these results suggesting that there was positive “intention” to provide spiritual care, but lack of training was a significant barrier (qualitative theme: “inadequacies”). The recognition of necessity but uncertainty of how to meet spiritual needs was also shown through qualitative findings to be a source of “emotional labour”, particularly where there were conflicting beliefs between a dietitian and service user.ConclusionsAlthough limited by a small sample size, these results provide new knowledge that spiritual care is considered an important part of the dietitians' role and that this is the case regardless of the dietitians own spiritual identity or religion. Dietitians would value training in spiritual care so that they can support service user needs more readily and confidently.

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A survey regarding the role of UK dietitians in spiritual care

Lycett,

Garvey,

Patel

2024

J Human Nutrition Diet

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“…On the other hand, A Pew Research Center survey titled 'The Global God Divide' revealed that 96% of Indonesia's population stated that faith in God is very important, required for the instillation of morality and values [4]. Another study also reported that spirituality plays an important role in the life and health of most people [5].…”

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Association Between Religiosity, Spirituality, and Depression-Anxiety Among Pharmacist Students in Indonesia

Febrinasari,

Nurul Fatiha,

Fatin Fitria

2023

BIO Web Conf.

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Students in the Pharmacist Professional Study Program (PPSP) must pass the Indonesian Pharmacist Competency Exam (UKAI) to get the title of pharmacist. They feel the burden and fear of not passing the exam, which can trigger anxiety and depression, especially in the pandemic era. Religion also provides a perspective that individuals can use to reduce their distress when faced with many stressors. The study aims to determine the relationship between religiosity and spirituality and depression and anxiety in PPSP students in Indonesia. The method used in the study is a cross-sectional design with DUREL, DSES, SAS and SDS questionnaires as the data instruments. The study was carried out in all Association of Higher Education in Indonesian Pharmacy (APTFI) regions. A cluster random sampling technique was conducted and 362 students participated. The study found that Indonesian PPSP students had mild to moderate anxiety (21%). Fortunately, the relationship between the level of spirituality, depression, and anxiety represents negative values, with a correlation R = -0.123 (p <0.05) and -0.115 (p <0.05), which indicates that religiosity and spirituality in PSPP students are associated with lower levels of depression and anxiety. As a consequence, developing spirituality and religiosity for PPSP students and improving mental well-being is essential.

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Pharmacy students' perceived barriers to spiritual care: A qualitative study

Cited by 2 publications

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A survey regarding the role of UK dietitians in spiritual care

A survey regarding the role of UK dietitians in spiritual care

Association Between Religiosity, Spirituality, and Depression-Anxiety Among Pharmacist Students in Indonesia

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