Spiritual Needs of Elderly Living in ResidentialNursing Homes
Joint Authors
Büssing, Arndt
Erichsen, Nora-Beata
Source
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-08-21
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
While the research on spiritual needs of patients with chronic and life-threatening diseases increases, there is limited knowledge about psychosocial and spiritual needs of elderly living in residential/nursing homes.
We were interested in which needs were of relevance at all, and how these needs are related to life satisfaction and mood states.
For that purpose we enrolled 100 elderly living in residential/nursing homes (mean age 84±7 years, 82% women) and provided standardized questionnaires, that is, Spiritual Needs Questionnaire (SpNQ), Brief Multidimensional Life Satisfaction Scale (BMLSS), Quality of Life in Elders with Multimorbidity (FLQM) questionnaire, and a mood states scale (ASTS).
Religious needs and Existential needs were of low relevance, while inner peace needs were of some and needs for giving/generativity of highest relevance.
Regression analyses revealed that the specific needs were predicted best by religious trust and mood states, particularly tiredness.
However, life satisfaction and quality of life were not among the significant predictors.
Most had the intention to connect with those who will remember them, although they fear that there is limited interest in their concerns.
It remains an open issue how these unmet needs can be adequately supported.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Erichsen, Nora-Beata& Büssing, Arndt. 2013. Spiritual Needs of Elderly Living in ResidentialNursing Homes. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-10.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Erichsen, Nora-Beata& Büssing, Arndt. Spiritual Needs of Elderly Living in ResidentialNursing Homes. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-10.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Erichsen, Nora-Beata& Büssing, Arndt. Spiritual Needs of Elderly Living in ResidentialNursing Homes. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-507579
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-507579