The spiritual care intervention "In dialogue with your life story": Results of a longitudinal study on palliative clients' spiritual wellbeing.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Spiritual care is important for palliative care, but the evidence base for spiritual care provision is low.

Aim

To investigate the course over time of clients' spiritual wellbeing who participated in the spiritual care intervention "In dialogue with your life story."

Design

The intervention consisted of six individual sessions between client and chaplain of various faiths. A longitudinal study was conducted pre- and post-intervention, and a follow-up approximately 10 weeks after post-intervention. Spiritual wellbeing was measured using the EORTC QLQ-SWB32 and NEIS, and symptoms of anxiety and depression as secondary outcome measure using the HADS. Latent growth modeling was used to investigate changes in outcome measures over time.

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SUBMITTER: Liefbroer AI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11877982 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature