Cardiovascular disease affects an individual's body, mind, and spirit. The multidimensional impact of heart disease requires holistic care that includes the spiritual dimension for patients to achieve optimal healing and recovery. This pretest, posttest repeated-measures quasi-experimental study sought to examine the influence of a spiritual intervention on psychospiritual outcomes in a cardiac population.
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Geriatrics (Basel)
December 2024
Faculty of Health Sciences and Nursing, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, 1649-023 Lisboa, Portugal.
The comfort of the elderly in hospital settings requires special attention from the health care professionals involved, particularly nurses, since hospitalization often generates suffering and discomfort. In such contexts, it is essential to consider the specific characteristics of the elderly, taking into account their life experiences and their needs, to promote the health, well-being, and comfort of this population. Hence, the present work aimed to explore the nursing interventions that promote comfort among the elderly in hospital settings.
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November 2024
California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA, United States.
Conscience is the indestructible core of one's personal identity and their sense of agency in the world. When it passes judgment against them, it generates inner conflict (i.e.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGlob Pediatr Health
November 2024
Seattle University, College of Nursing, Seattle, WA, USA.
Psychological and social support is one of the factors that promote resilience in refugee children. Immigrant children with thalassemia have special psychosocial needs in the host country. The comfort model can help identify psychosocial needs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe primary objective of this study was to assess the feasibility of a 6-week internet-delivered Mantram Repetition Program (MRP) for women recently treated for breast cancer. A secondary objective explored changes in perceived stress, psycho-spiritual measures, and cytokines in the treatment group compared to a waitlist. A feasibility study (ORBIT model Phase IIa) with a randomized controlled trial pilot was conducted.
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September 2024
Department of Nursing, Manisa Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Turkey.
Objectives: To analyse the phenomenon of "giving birth" on the basis of the lived experiences of women and midwives.
Methods: The qualitative study was conducted in the delivery room of a mother-friendly hospital in western Turkey from March 1 to December 30, 2019, and comprised primiparous women aged 18-35 years having a spontaneous vaginal birth, and midwives who delivered the babies. Data was collected through indepth interviews that were audiorecorded.
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