"Not me!" a qualitative, vignette-based study of nurses' and physicians' reactions to spiritual distress on neuro-oncological units.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

People with primary malignant brain tumors experience serious health-related suffering caused by limited prognosis and high symptom burden. Consequently, neuro-oncological healthcare workers can be affected emotionally in a negative way. The aim of this study was to analyze the attitudes and behavior of nurses and physicians when confronted with spiritual distress in these patients.

Methods

Neurospirit-DE is a qualitative vignette-based, multicenter, cross-sectional online survey that was conducted in Bavaria, Germany. Reflexive thematic analysis was used for data analysis.

Results

A total of 143 nurses and physicians working in neurological and neurosurgical wards in 46 hospitals participated in the survey. The participants questioned if the ability to provid

SUBMITTER: Volz D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11236889 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature