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Developing a Model to Address African Americans’ Spiritual Needs During Hospitalization.
- Source :
- Clinical Gerontologist; Jul-Sep2014, Vol. 37 Issue 4, p386-405, 20p, 1 Black and White Photograph, 1 Diagram, 1 Chart
- Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- Research suggests that African Americans are disproportionately likely to have their spiritual needs ignored in hospitals. To help address this disparity, the present study developed and tested a model for addressing the spiritual needs of hospitalized African Americans. Structural equation modeling was used with a sample of older African American inpatients (N= 2,217) consecutively discharged over a 12-month period from hospitals from four geographic regions. As hypothesized, addressing spiritual needs had a positive effect on overall satisfaction with service provision. The relationship between spiritual needs and satisfaction was fully mediated by five variables: nursing, the discharge process, physicians, visitors, and room quality. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
- Subjects :
- PATIENT satisfaction
BLACK people
CHI-squared test
STATISTICAL correlation
HOSPITAL care
MATHEMATICAL models
RESEARCH methodology
NEED (Psychology)
PHYSICIANS
POSTAL service
QUESTIONNAIRES
RESEARCH funding
STATISTICAL sampling
SCALE analysis (Psychology)
SPIRITUALITY
VISITING the sick
THEORY
SECONDARY analysis
STRUCTURAL equation modeling
DISCHARGE planning
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 07317115
- Volume :
- 37
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Clinical Gerontologist
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 96429030
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/07317115.2014.907593