OBJECTIVE To evaluate levels of spirituality and hope in patients with diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) according to sociodemographic factors. DESIGN This was a primary, prospective, descriptive, analytical, and clinical study. Questionnaires assessing sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the patients, the Spirituality Self-rating Scale (SSRS), and the Herth Hope Index (HHI) were admin...

OBJECTIVE To examine the direct and mediated relationships between religious coping, spirituality, social developmental factors, and violence among high-risk and gang-involved youth in a high-crime, Latin American country. METHODS Using a community sample of 290 high-risk and gang-involved youth in San Salvador, El Salvador, structural equation modeling was employed to examine the relationshi...

In spite of the increasing emphasis upon spirituality in the psychological literature, research continues to highlight concerns that issues relating to spirituality are regularly overlooked within a therapeutic setting. The aim of the current study was to develop an account of the way in which clinical psychologists understand and address spirituality within therapy. Semi-structured interviews ...

Many women experience depressive symptoms after birth, and rates among African Americans are as high as 40 percent. Spirituality and religiosity are valued in African American communities, but their relevance to new mothers has not been empirically tested. We examined effects of religiosity and spirituality on trajectories of depressive symptoms during the year following childbirth. Data were c...

Although spirituality is rarely explicitly mentioned in the occupational therapy literature, it is implied as an interwoven part of the human system. This article explores the meaning of occupation in the context of sociological and Judeo-Christian theological frameworks and the meaning of spirituality in the occupational therapy clinic. A case is made for acknowledging spirituality in clinical...

AIM To investigate nursing students' perceptions of spirituality and spiritual care. BACKGROUND Spirituality is an essential part of holistic care but often neglected in practice. Barriers to spiritual care include limited educational preparation, negative attitudes towards spirituality, confusion about nurses' role, perceptions of incompetence and avoidance of spiritual matters. There is lim...

Correspondence: Wilfred McSherry Senior Lecturer in Acute Care of the Adult The University of Hull School of Nursing, Social Work and Applied Health Studies Milner Hall Room M208 Cottingham Road Hull HU6 7XR UK Telephone: þ44 1482 464607 E-mail: [email protected] McSHERRY W, CASH K & ROSS L (2004) Journal of Clinical Nursing 13, 934–941 Meaning of spirituality: implications for nursing prac...

Spirituality has gained increasing attention in the medical literature over the last twenty years. A PubMed search from 1881 to December 1993 reveals 7,032 articles with the words spirituality, spiritual, religion, religious, religiosity or faith in the title or abstract. A search to December 2013, however, shows 32,505 articles using the same search parameters (25,473 in 20 years), with 11,012...

BACKGROUND Spirituality may influence how patients cope with their illness. OBJECTIVES We assessed whether spirituality may influence adherence to management of outpatients with heart failure. METHODS Cross sectional study enrolling consecutive ambulatory heart failure patients in whom adherence to multidisciplinary treatment was evaluated. Patients were assessed for quality of life, depres...

INTRODUCTION Patients who suffer from chronic renal disease face problems in many aspects of their life; problems such as physical and social as well as mental such as stress, anxiety, depression. In addition, they exhibit an amount of spiritual needs, which relate and influence the psychological adaptation to the illness. AIM The aim of this article is to examine evidence from the internatio...