Cent Eur J Nurs Midw 2013, 4(4):708-714

Assessment of the spiritual needs of persons with advanced cancer: pilot study

Erika Hajnová, Radka Bužgová*
Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ostrava, Ostrava

Aim: The aim of the research was to find the importance of the patient's spiritual needs in the palliative care and their saturation at the Clinic of Oncology at University hospital Ostrava.

Methods: The research file consisted of 93 patients whose oncological treatment with curative intention was finished and according to the negative prognosis of illness the palliative care was given to these patients at the Clinic of oncology at University hospital Ostrava. Patients registered in this file were registered the Karnofsky score KI ≤ 60 %. The questions from domain of spiritual needs assessment for measurement of needs PNAP - Patient Needs Assessment in Palliative care were used for the data collection. To evaluate the differences in the importance and saturation according to the needs of individual factors used paired t-test and t-test for two samples.

Results: In relation to spiritual needs the respondents found as most important the "no -religion" spiritual needs and the fact "to be peaceful" (95%), "to have the meaning of life" (92%) and to have the positive view of life and hope (91%) most often. The patients were dissatisfied with impossibility of their presence at church service (44%, 56% in case of second measurement) most often. The patients older than 65 years and the non-religious patients (p

Keywords: palliative care, spiritual needs, PNAP - Patient Needs Assessment in Palliative care

Published: September 30, 2013  Show citation

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Hajnová E, Bužgová R. Assessment of the spiritual needs of persons with advanced cancer: pilot study. Ošetřovatelství a porodní asistence. 2013;4(4):708-714.
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