Hope, Palliative Care, Spirituality
Conditions
Keywords
family members, hope, nursing care, palliative care, spirituality, relatives
Brief summary
The aim of this study is to determine the effects of nursing care provided based on the Watson's Theory of Human Caring to the relatives of palliative care patients on caregivers' spiritual well-being and hope. This research was conducted with 60 patient relatives (intervention group: 30, control group: 30) taking care of their patient in palliative care unit.
Detailed description
Every year, millions of patients as well as millions of patients are primarily involved in the palliative care process. It is emphasized that from the very start of palliative care process until grievance stage, patient relatives require a myriad of physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs. It has been widely reported that among relatives of palliative care patients, there is a high incidence of mental distress, depression, anxiety, sleep disturbance, fear and despair. The maintain of hope and spiritual well-being are important in dealing with this difficult process. Accordingly, nursing care is important, which supports the hope and spiritual well-being of patients' relatives. Nursing care that supports hope and focuses on spiritual dimensions is important in Watson's Human Care Theory.
Interventions
OTHERNursing care based on the Theory of Human Caring
Planned nursing care based on 10 caritas processes of Theory of Human Caring.
Sponsors
Ondokuz Mayıs University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Masking description
Due to the nature of the research, it was not possible to blind the participants to group assignment. Additionally, due to the study being conducted for a doctoral thesis, data collection (pre and posttest), interviews, interventions and evaluation of data carried out by the same researcher who was not blinded.
Intervention model description
In this study, there are two groups as intervention group and control group. Investigator, administered not any application to control group. Nursing care which based on the Theory of Human Caring was given to intervention group for 4 weeks.
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* aged 18 and above * willingness and motivation to participate in research * literacy * being the primary caregiver * lack of mental or verbal deficiency to respond the questions
Exclusion criteria
* aged 18 below * unwilling to participate in research * illiterate * non-primary caregiver * mental or communicative disabilities
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hopeless level of patient relatives | 1. week | Data were collected via Beck Hopelessness Scale. Maximum score to obtain from the scale varies in between 0-20. Higher scores obtained indicate that there is a high level of hopelessness in an individual. |
| Spiritual well-being level of patient relatives | 1. week | Data were collected via Spiritual Well-Being Scale. Maximum score to obtain from the scale varies between 29-145. Higher score indicates stronger spiritual well-being. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hopeless level of patient relatives (Change in level of hopeless after 4 weeks) | 4 weeks | Data were collected via Beck Hopelessness Scale. Maximum score to obtain from the scale varies in between 0-20. Higher scores obtained indicate that there is a high level of hopelessness in an individual. |
| Spiritual well-being level of patient relatives (Change in level of spiritual well-being after 4 weeks) | 4 weeks | Data were collected via Spiritual Well-Being Scale. Maximum score to obtain from the scale varies between 29-145. Higher score indicates stronger spiritual well-being. |
Countries
Turkey (Türkiye)
Outcome results
None listed