Abstract
Introduction Spiritual care is defined as activities and interventions that promote spiritual health and the spiritual dimension of quality of life. Empirical data indicate the importance that spiritual care provision has on nursing practice. The spiritual care intervention-provision (SCIP) scale was developed to assess the frequency of spiritual care intervention implemented by nurses. Currently, there are no validated scales for assessing spiritual care in the Greek language. Objective To adapt and validate the spiritual care intervention-provision scale in the Greek language. Methods A descriptive cross-sectional study was employed, in which 275 nurses working in two public hospitals participated. The SCIP scale underwent the process of cross-cultural adaptation and was evaluated by assessing its reliability and validity. Results The process resulted in a valid Greek version of the SCIPS, the internal consistency (Cronbach's α 0.887), reliability testing-retesting (r = 0.997, p < 0.001, and t = 0.387, p > 0.05), construct, and convergent validities were evaluated. Conclusion The Greek version of the spiritual care intervention-provision scale is a validated scale that can be used to examine spiritual care provision in Greek health services.
Highlights
Spiritual care is defined as activities and interventions that promote spiritual health and the spiritual dimension of quality of life
According to Dhamani, Paul, and Olson, spiritual care is including “activities and interventions that promote spiritual health and the spiritual dimension of quality of life [6].”. According to another definition, spiritual care is a type of care that promotes spiritual health and relieves stress, which affects the spiritual dimension of an individual or a community. erefore, spiritual nursing care supports spiritual health and aims to maintain the balance between a person’s psychosocial and spiritual dimensions while providing a sense of wellbeing and integrity [7]
Nurses and nurse assistants willing to participate working in two hospitals, located in Athens, the capital of Greece, were selected. e duration of the study was from October to November of 2019. e questionnaires were distributed randomly to 350 nurses in two hospitals. 297 participants filled out the survey (84% response rate), and a total of 275 questionnaires were completed (78% completion rate)
Summary
Research interest in spirituality in the field of health sciences has been growing over the recent years, in nursing science and in everyday nursing clinical practice, spirituality has always been an integral part, since it was defined and organized as a science [1], but previously as well [2, 3]. According to a comprehensive recent definition provided by Ramezani et al [8], spiritual care is a subjective and dynamic concept of nursing care, integrating all the other aspects They argue that spiritual care includes seven defining attributes such as healing presence, the therapeutic use of self, intuitive sense, exploration of the spiritual perspective, patient-centredness, meaning-centred therapeutic intervention, and the creation of a spiritually nurturing environment [8]. According to a study by Stranahan [18], which aimed to investigate the attitudes of nurses toward spiritual care, 57% of participants rarely or do not provide any kind of spiritual care This attitude has been found to be related to inadequate training in providing such care. The scale will be used to understand the nurses’ attitudes toward spiritual care and examine factors associated with spiritual care provision
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