Nurses’ perceptions of spirituality and spiritual care at five tertiary care hospitals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia : a cross sectional study

Joint Authors

Qaddurah, Bayan
Abu Shahin, Amani
al-Tannir, Muhammad

Source

Oman Medical Journal

Issue

Vol. 33, Issue 2 (31 Mar. 2018), pp.154-158, 5 p.

Publisher

Oman Medical Specialty Board

Publication Date

2018-03-31

Country of Publication

Oman

No. of Pages

5

Main Subjects

Pharmacy, Health & Medical Sciences
Medicine
Islamic Studies

Topics

Abstract EN

Objectives: To identify the perceptions towards spirituality and spiritual care among nurses at tertiary care hospitals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on nurses at five tertiary care hospitals in Riyadh.

The data were collected using the Spirituality and Spiritual Care Rating Scale (SSCR S).

Results: We recruited 978 nurses, of which 896 (91.6%) were female.

The mean SSCR S score was 3.8±0.5 (the spirituality and spiritual care statements fell within the ‘agree’ category).

A statistically significant difference was found only between perceptions of spirituality and spiritual care among nurses and their nursing experience duration.

Conclusions: The findings of this study revealed that nurses were oriented to spirituality, and respected the importance of providing spiritual care to their patients.

The nurses believed that spirituality exists in all religions and spiritual care means showing concern while treating the patients by focusing on respecting patients’ religious beliefs.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Qaddurah, Bayan& Abu Shahin, Amani& al-Tannir, Muhammad. 2018. Nurses’ perceptions of spirituality and spiritual care at five tertiary care hospitals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia : a cross sectional study. Oman Medical Journal،Vol. 33, no. 2, pp.154-158.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)

Qaddurah, Bayan…[et al.]. Nurses’ perceptions of spirituality and spiritual care at five tertiary care hospitals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia : a cross sectional study. Oman Medical Journal Vol. 33, no. 2 (Mar. 2018), pp.154-158.
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American Medical Association (AMA)

Qaddurah, Bayan& Abu Shahin, Amani& al-Tannir, Muhammad. Nurses’ perceptions of spirituality and spiritual care at five tertiary care hospitals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia : a cross sectional study. Oman Medical Journal. 2018. Vol. 33, no. 2, pp.154-158.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-835655

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references : p. 158

Record ID

BIM-835655