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Why Is Spiritual Care Infrequent at the End of Life? Spiritual Care Perceptions Among Patients, Nurses, and Physicians and the Role of Training

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Balboni, Michael J., Sullivan, Adam, Amobi, Adaugo, Phelps, Andrea C., Gorman, Daniel P., Zollfrank, Angelika, Peteet, John R., Prigerson, Holly G., VanderWeele, Tyler J., Balboni, Tracy A.·2013·Journal of Clinical Oncology

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Purpose: To determine factors contributing to the infrequent provision of spiritual care (SC) by nurses and physicians caring for patients at the end of life (EOL). Patients and Methods: This is a survey-based, multisite study conducted from March 2006 through January 2009. All eligible patients with advanced cancer receiving palliative radiation therapy and oncology physician and nurses at four Boston academic centers were approached for study participation; 75 patients (response rate = 73%) and 339 nurses and physicians (response rate = 63%) participated. The survey assessed practical and operational dimensions of SC, including eight SC examples. Outcomes assessed five factors hypothesized to contribute to SC infrequency. Results: Most patients with advanced cancer had never received any form of spiritual care from their oncology nurses or physicians (87% and 94%, respectively; P for difference = .043). Majorities of patients indicated that SC is an important component of cancer care from nurses and physicians (86% and 87%, respectively; P = .1). Most nurses and physicians thought that SC should at least occasionally be provided (87% and 80%, respectively; P = .16). Majorities of patients, nurses, and physicians endorsed the appropriateness of eight examples of SC (averages, 78%, 93%, and 87%, respectively; P = .01). In adjusted analyses, the strongest predictor of SC provision by nurses and physicians was reception of SC training (odds ratio [OR] = 11.20, 95% CI, 1.24 to 101; and OR = 7.22, 95% CI, 1.91 to 27.30, respectively). Most nurses and physicians had not received SC training (88% and 86%, respectively; P = .83). Conclusion: Patients, nurses, and physicians view SC as an important, appropriate, and beneficial component of EOL care. SC infrequency may be primarily due to lack of training, suggesting that SC training is critical to meeting national EOL care guidelines.

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Authors: Balboni, M. J., Sullivan, A., Amobi, A., Phelps, A. C., Gorman, D. P., Zollfrank, A., Peteet, J. R., Prigerson, H. G., VanderWeele, T. J., & Balboni, T. A.
Affiliations: Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
Corresponding author: Balboni, Michael J.
ORCID: Sullivan, Adam
Amobi, Adaugo
Zollfrank, Angelika
Peteet, John R.
Prigerson, Holly G.
VanderWeele, Tyler J.
Balboni, Tracy A.
Venue: Journal of Clinical Oncology
Publisher: American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
Published: 2013-02-01
Volume: 31
Issue: 4
Pages: 461-467
ISSN: 0732-183X (ISSN-L)
1527-7755
DOI: 10.1200/jco.2012.44.6443
PMC: PMC4878036
OpenAlex: W2169196864
Cited by: 457
References: 30
Citations by year: 2026: 22 · 2025: 14 · 2024: 26 · 2023: 64 · 2022: 28 · 2021: 31 · 2020: 81 · 2019: 35 · 2018: 28 · 2017: 32 · 2016: 37 · 2015: 30 · 2014: 19 · 2013: 10
FWCI: 18.21
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Locations: Journal of Clinical Oncology (publishedVersion)
PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders: John Templeton Foundation
National Cancer Institute (T32CA009172)
Topics: Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Palliative and Oncologic Care
Social Sciences › Health › Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
Keywords: spiritual care, end-of-life care, palliative care, advanced cancer, spiritual care education, nurses, physicians, patient perspectives, oncology nursing, palliative radiotherapy
MeSH terms: Adult, Aged, Analysis of Variance, Attitude of Health Personnel, Boston, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Neoplasms, Nurses, Oncology Nursing, Palliative Care, Pastoral Care, Physicians, Quality of Health Care, Surveys and Questionnaires, Religion and Medicine, Social Perception, Terminal Care, Linear Models, Logistic Models, Terminally Ill, Spirituality

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