[The influence of faith on illness experience in the elderly; spiritual assessments].

Cas Lek Cesk

Universita Karlova v Praze, Lékarská fakulta Hradec Králové, Klinika gerontologická a metabolická FN.

Published: August 2011

Spiritual life of the elderly patients is very important, but in practice the medical staff hardly thinks about the spiritual needs. According to foreign studies, a lively faith has a positive curative effect. The aim of our work was the evaluation of the influence of faith to the survival of illness in the elderly and the description of spiritual assessments. FICA assessment is an easy screening test which can be used for obtaining spiritual anamnesis in health care institutions.

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