Effects of Nursing Care Provided to Relatives of Palliative Care Patients on Caregivers' Spiritual Well-being and Hope

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Completed

• Conditions: Hope; Palliative Care; Spirituality
• Interventions: Other: Nursing care based on the Theory of Human Caring

• Registration Number: NCT04415411
• Lead Sponsor: Ondokuz Mayıs University

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to determine the effects of nursing care provided based on the Watson's Theory of Human Caring to the relatives of palliative care patients on caregivers' spiritual well-being and hope. This research was conducted with 60 patient relatives (intervention group: 30, control group: 30) taking care of their patient in palliative care unit.

Detailed Description

Every year, millions of patients as well as millions of patients are primarily involved in the palliative care process. It is emphasized that from the very start of palliative care process until grievance stage, patient relatives require a myriad of physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs. It has been widely reported that among relatives of palliative care patients, there is a high incidence of mental distress, depression, anxiety, sleep disturbance, fear and despair. The maintain of hope and spiritual well-being are important in dealing with this difficult process. Accordingly, nursing care is important, which supports the hope and spiritual well-being of patients' relatives. Nursing care that supports hope and focuses on spiritual dimensions is important in Watson's Human Care Theory.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2018-10-05
• Primary Completion: 2019-03-18
• Study Completion: 2019-03-18
• Study First Submitted: 2020-05-27
• Status Verified: 2020-06
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-06-01
• Study First Posted: 2020-06-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-06-04
• Last Update Posted: 2020-06-09

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 147

Inclusion Criteria

• aged 18 and above
• willingness and motivation to participate in research
• literacy
• being the primary caregiver
• lack of mental or verbal deficiency to respond the questions

Exclusion Criteria

• aged 18 below
• unwilling to participate in research
• illiterate
• non-primary caregiver
• mental or communicative disabilities

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Intervention group	Nursing care based on the Theory of Human Caring	Nursing care based on the Theory of Human Caring

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Hopeless level of patient relatives	1. week	Data were collected via Beck Hopelessness Scale. Maximum score to obtain from the scale varies in between 0-20. Higher scores obtained indicate that there is a high level of hopelessness in an individual.
Spiritual well-being level of patient relatives	1. week	Data were collected via Spiritual Well-Being Scale. Maximum score to obtain from the scale varies between 29-145. Higher score indicates stronger spiritual well-being.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Hopeless level of patient relatives (Change in level of hopeless after 4 weeks)	4 weeks	Data were collected via Beck Hopelessness Scale. Maximum score to obtain from the scale varies in between 0-20. Higher scores obtained indicate that there is a high level of hopelessness in an individual.
Spiritual well-being level of patient relatives (Change in level of spiritual well-being after 4 weeks)	4 weeks	Data were collected via Spiritual Well-Being Scale. Maximum score to obtain from the scale varies between 29-145. Higher score indicates stronger spiritual well-being.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Ondokuz Mayıs University; 🇹🇷 Samsun, Turkey