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Spiritual needs assessments and measurements

Lunder, Urška, Furlan, Maja, Simonič, Anja·2011·Current Opinion in Supportive & Palliative Care
DOI 10.1097/spc.0b013e3283499b20
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This review discusses the developments in spiritual needs assessments and measurements in end-of-life care. The review considers spiritual needs assessments from the perspective of palliative care patients, their families and caregivers, and healthcare professionals. RECENT FINDINGS: Spiritual needs assessments vary significantly along the dimensions of content and domains. These needs assessments have the potential to deepen our insight and to identify those who are most at risk for spiritual distress, but few are practical and simple enough to use in everyday clinical practice, and for the research, few are cross-culturally validated. Spirituality is a complex construct, although 'relatedness' was recognized as a core dimension of spirituality in addition to existential beliefs and values related to meaning and purpose. Little is known about the spiritual needs in elderly patients, in the cognitively impaired, and during the dying process. The spiritual needs of family caregivers need more support and attention. SUMMARY: Spirituality is considered to be one of the patient's vital signs and should be routinely screened and assessed. Research in spiritual care should be ongoing for all palliative care patients as well as for those with specific needs such as mental, neurological, or cognitive impairment. There is also a knowledge gap concerning how spiritual needs change during the progression of the disease trajectory. More work must be done on the spiritual concerns of family caregivers.

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  • Spirituality can be analyzed through multiple dimensions, and identifying these dimensions may clarify how individuals interact with their spirituality and which aspects have greater impact on health and treatment.

    “Spirituality can be analyzed through multiple dimensions, which identification may clarify how individuals interact with their spirituality, and which aspects greater impact more on health and treatment (Lunder et al., 2011; MacDonald et al., 2015).”

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Authors
Lunder, U., Furlan, M., & Simonič, A.
Affiliations
  • University Clinic of Pulmonary and Allergic Diseases Golnik (SI)
  • University of Ljubljana (SI)
Corresponding author
Lunder, Urška
ORCID
Venue
Current Opinion in Supportive & Palliative Care
Publisher
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Published
2011-09
Volume
5
Issue
3
Pages
273-278
ISSN
1751-4258 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1097/spc.0b013e3283499b20
OpenAlex
W1983061436
Cited by
37
References
33
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FWCI
0.64
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Health › Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Palliative and Oncologic Care
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
Keywords
spiritual needs assessment, spiritual distress, end-of-life care, palliative care, spirituality, relatedness, existential beliefs, meaning and purpose, family caregivers, spiritual care, elderly patients, cognitive impairment, dying, cross-cultural validation, screening
MeSH terms
Attitude to Death, Health Services Needs and Demand, Humans, Neoplasms, Palliative Care, Psychometrics, Quality of Life, Caregivers, Needs Assessment, Spirituality

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