• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: 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
  • Other titles: Themenheft: "Spirituality, Mental Health, and COVID-19"
  • Contributor: Jones, Kate F. [VerfasserIn]; Kearney, Matthew [VerfasserIn]; Best, Megan [VerfasserIn]
  • imprint: 2024
  • Published in: Journal of religion and health ; 63(2024), 1, Seite 274-288
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1007/s10943-023-01990-6
  • ISSN: 1573-6571
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  • Keywords: Aged care ; Healthcare ; Spiritual care ; Spirituality ; Training
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  • Description: 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.
  • Access State: Open Access