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Effects of spiritual care training for palliative care professionals

Wasner, Maria, Longaker, Christine, Fegg, Martin Johannes, Borasio, Gian Domenico·2005·Palliative Medicine
DOI 10.1191/0269216305pm995oa
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Little is known about the effects of spiritual care training for professionals in palliative medicine. We therefore investigated prospectively the effects of such training over a six-month period. All 63 participants of the three and a half-day training were asked to fill out three questionnaires: before and after the training, as well as six months later. The questionnaires included demographic data, numeric rating scales about general attitudes towards the work in palliative care, the Self-Transcendence Scale (STS), the spiritual subscale of the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy (FACIT-Sp) and the Idler Index of Religiosity (IIR). Forty-eight participants (76%) completed all three questionnaires (91% women, median age 49 years; 51% nurses, 16% hospice volunteers, 14% physicians). Significant and sustained improvements were found in self-perceived compassion for the dying (after the training: P =0.002; 6 months later: P=0.025), compassion for oneself (PB 0.001; P =0.013), attitude towards one's family (P =0.001; P =0.031), satisfaction with work (PB 0.001; P =0.039), reduction in work-related stress (PB 0.001; P =0.033), and attitude towards colleagues (P =0.039; P =0.040), as well as in the FACIT-Sp (PB 0.001; P =0.040). Our results suggest that the spiritual care training had a positive influence on the spiritual well-being and the attitudes of the participating palliative care professionals which was preserved over a six-month period.

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  • Prior studies have supported the effectiveness of mindfulness-based interventions in reducing occupational stress, burnout, anxiety and depression, as well as in improving self-compassion and the spiritual well-being of caregivers.

    “Prior studies have supported the effectiveness of mindfulness-based interventions in reducing occupational stress, burnout, anxiety and depression, as well as in improving self-compassion and the spiritual well-being of caregivers [22–26].”

    From Mindfulness and compassion-oriented practices at work reduce distress and enhance self-care of palliative care teams: a mixed-method evaluation of an "on the job" program. (2018) · cites this paper as [25]

    The results (p. 2) report reduced work-related stress and improved compassion for oneself and spiritual well-being among palliative care professionals. The paper studies spiritual care training that includes meditation (p. 3), but does not establish that it was a mindfulness-based intervention or report reductions in burnout, anxiety, or depression. (LLM, conf=0.90)

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  1. 10 Brady MJ, Peterman AH, Fitchett G, Mo M, Cella D. A case for including spirituality in quality of life measurement in oncology. Psychooncology 1999; 8: 417-28.
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Authors
Wasner, M., Longaker, C., Fegg, M. J., & Borasio, G. D.
Affiliations
  • Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)
  • Spiritual Care Program, London
ORCID
Venue
Palliative Medicine
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2005-03
Volume
19
Issue
2
Pages
99-104
ISSN
  • 0269-2163 (ISSN-L)
  • 1477-030X
DOI
10.1191/0269216305pm995oa
OpenAlex
W2171261330
Cited by
169
References
22
Citations by year
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FWCI
8.43
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
  • Palliative Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Open access LMU (Ludwid Maxmilian's Universitat Munchen) (submittedVersion)
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 care education, palliative care professionals, spiritual well-being, occupational stress, job satisfaction, attitudes towards work, nurses, hospice volunteers, physicians, self-transcendence, religiosity
MeSH terms
Adult, Aged, Attitude of Health Personnel, Education, Medical, Continuing, Empathy, Female, Holistic Health, Humans, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Male, Middle Aged, Palliative Care, Pastoral Care, Prospective Studies, Quality of Life, Surveys and Questionnaires, Religion, Spirituality

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