1. The Religious and Spiritual Needs of Patients in the Hospital Setting Do Not Depend on Patient Level of Religious/Spiritual Observance and Should be Initiated by Healthcare Providers.
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Gad, Ibtissam, Tan, Xiao-Wei Cherie, Williams, Sarah, Itawi, Sally, Dahbour, Layth, Rotter, Zachary, Mitro, Graham, Rusch, Courtney, Perkins, Sara, and Ali, Imran
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HOSPITALS , *SPIRITUALITY , *CONFIDENCE intervals , *CROSS-sectional method , *FISHER exact test , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *CHI-squared test , *NEEDS assessment , *DATA analysis software , *RELIGION , *MEDICAL needs assessment - Abstract
According to many studies, addressing the religious and spiritual (R/S) needs of patient's increase patient satisfaction. One area of interest is how patient self-perceived level of religiosity and spirituality (R/S) influences hospital needs. In this cross-sectional study, 195 inpatients at a non-faith-based academic hospital in Toledo, OH, USA completed surveys examining self-perceived R/S levels, as well as how those R/S levels impacted preferred services, conversations, and experiences in the hospital. Patients with no religious identity (self-identified as atheist, agnostic, or no religion) were less likely to report discussions about R/S needs than religious respondents (16.7% vs. 47.3%, p = 0.039). Nevertheless, such patients were just as likely to want a R/S conversation started by their healthcare provider (75% vs. 56%, p = 0.241). Those with no R/S identity were more likely to report presumed negative assumptions by hospital staff (25% vs. 0%, p < 0.001). Our data suggests that even for a nonreligious population, it is important to consider R/S needs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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