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Spirituality and well‐being in terminally ill hospitalized adults
Author(s) -
Reed Pamela G.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
research in nursing and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1098-240X
pISSN - 0160-6891
DOI - 10.1002/nur.4770100507
Subject(s) - terminally ill , spirituality , perspective (graphical) , critically ill , medicine , young adult , psychology , clinical psychology , gerontology , palliative care , nursing , alternative medicine , pathology , artificial intelligence , computer science
Initial research into the significance of spirituality among terminally ill adults was extended. Two hypotheses were examined using three groups of 100 adults matched on age, gender, education, and religious background: a) Terminally ill hospitalized adults indicate a greater spiritual perspective than nonterminally ill hospitalized adults and healthy nonhospitalized adults. b) Spiritual perspective is positively related to well‐being among terminally ill hospitalized adults. All 300 participants completed the Spiritual Perspective Scale, Index of Well‐Being, and other information. Planned comparisons analysis results supported the first hypothesis; low but significant correlation lent support to the second hypothesis. Differences among groups on recent change in spiritual views also were examined; a significantly larger number of terminally ill adults indicated a change toward increased spirituality than did nonterminally ill or healthy adults.