학술논문
Effect of a Spiritual Care Training Program to Build Knowledge, Competence, Confidence and Self-awareness Among Australian Health and Aged Care Staff: An Exploratory Study.
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Article
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Subject
*HEALTH facility employees
*WELL-being
*RESEARCH
*PROFESSIONS
*CONFIDENCE
*SPIRITUALITY
*CLINICAL trials
*SELF-perception
*SATISFACTION
*T-test (Statistics)
*PROFESSIONAL competence
*PSYCHOSOCIAL factors
*RESEARCH funding
*SPIRITUAL care (Medical care)
*NURSING home employees
*EDUCATIONAL outcomes
*ELDER care
*LONGITUDINAL method
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ISSN
0022-4197
Abstract
The aim of this study was to evaluate a new spiritual care training program with health and aged care staff. A four-module program was delivered to 44 participants at a large Catholic health and aged care provider in Australia. Pre, post and 6 week follow-up surveys were administered and included measures of spiritual care competency, confidence, perspectives of spirituality and spiritual care, spiritual well-being, and satisfaction. Paired sample t-tests showed total scores of participants' spiritual well-being, spiritual care competency and confidence significantly improved following the training and were largely maintained at follow-up. Perspectives on spirituality and spiritual care did not significantly change over time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]