Effects of Nursing Care Provided to the Relatives of Palliative Care Patients on Caregivers' Spiritual Well-being and Hope: A Randomised Controlled Trial
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 147
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Hopeless level of patient relatives
研究概览
简要总结
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.
详细描述
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.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- None
盲法说明
Due to the nature of the research, it was not possible to blind the participants to group assignment. Additionally, due to the study being conducted for a doctoral thesis, data collection (pre and posttest), interviews, interventions and evaluation of data carried out by the same researcher who was not blinded.
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •aged 18 and above
- •willingness and motivation to participate in research
- •being the primary caregiver
- •lack of mental or verbal deficiency to respond the questions
排除标准
- •aged 18 below
- •unwilling to participate in research
- •illiterate
- •non-primary caregiver
- •mental or communicative disabilities
结局指标
主要结局
Hopeless level of patient relatives
时间窗: 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
时间窗: 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.
次要结局
- Hopeless level of patient relatives (Change in level of hopeless after 4 weeks)(4 weeks)
- Spiritual well-being level of patient relatives (Change in level of spiritual well-being after 4 weeks)(4 weeks)
研究者
Asli Kurtgöz
PhD
Ondokuz Mayıs University