The impact of spiritual care delivered by nurses on patients' comfort: A propensity score matched cohort utilizing electronic health record data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Spiritual care has been associated with better health outcomes. Despite increasing evidence of the benefits of spiritual care for older patients coping with illness and aggressive treatment, the role of spirituality is not well understood and implemented. Nurses, as frontline holistic healthcare providers, are in a position to address patients' spiritual needs and support them in finding meaning in life. This study aimed to identify spiritual care by analyzing nursing data and to compare the psychological and physical comfort between older chronically ill patients who received spiritual care versus those who did not receive spiritual care.

Material and methods

A propensity score matched cohort utilizing nursing care plan data was used to construct balanced groups

SUBMITTER: Dos Santos FC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11165318 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature