Spiritual Care and Death in Intensive Care from the Perspective of Nursing Students in Turkey: An Exploratory Mixed Study
AbstractThis mixed methods research study aimed to determine spiritual care competencies and death anxiety levels of nursing students practicing in intensive care. The quantitative part of this study included 33 students while the qualitative part included 17 students. Nursing students ’ spiritual care competence was detected to be above medium and their death anxiety was high. Two themes emerged from the qualitative data collected through in-depth interviews with 17 nursing students: (a) Views on spiritual care competencies and (b) Views on death. These findings are significant to reduce nursing students’ death anxiet...
Source: Journal of Religion and Health - November 22, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: research
The Relationship Between Religious Coping, Spirituality, and Disease Self-Management Among Parkinson ’s Patients in Turkey
This study was conducted to determine the relationship between religious coping methods, spirituality, and disease self-management levels in Parkinson’s patients. This descriptive, cross-sectional, and correlational study was conducted with 294 Parkinson’s patients. Descriptive sta tistics, independent samples t test, one-way analysis of variance, Pearson correlation coefficient, and structural equation modeling were used in the analysis of the data. This study showed that Parkinson’s patients adopted both positive and negative religious coping styles, demonstrated good leve ls of spirituality, and had high levels of...
Source: Journal of Religion and Health - November 20, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: research
“Embracing The Faith”: The Contribution of Islamic Beliefs on the Provision of Care for People with Parkinson’s Disease in New Zealand and Indonesia
This study examines the impact of Islamic beliefs on the caregiving practices of individuals diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in Indonesia and New Zealand. The study sample comprised seventeen caregivers who participated in semi-structured interviews which were analysed using the method of inductive thematic analysis. The study delineated three overarching themes: value-driven caregiving, comprehensive care and caregivers strengthened by faith and practice. This study examined the practical applications of the Quran, Hadith and Muslim beliefs in caregiver experiences. Further research is necessary to enhance the suppor...
Source: Journal of Religion and Health - November 17, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: research
Religious Tourism and Its Impact on Spiritual, Physical, and Mental Health: Insights from Pilgrims to Iranian Saints ’ Shrines
This study investigates pilgrims ’ justifications for visiting Iran’s Holy Shrine of Imam Reza (A.S) and the positive role of such pilgrimages in their religious coping experiences and healing practices. The research confirms that pilgrims strongly associate shrines in Iran with religious coping benefits and spiritual, mental, physical, and ritual healing. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews and purposive sampling. Behavioural strategies, religious beliefs, and spiritual concepts are considered. The findings reveal that faith and spirituality play a vital role in how individuals perceive and cope with ...
Source: Journal of Religion and Health - November 17, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: research
“Embracing The Faith”: The Contribution of Islamic Beliefs on the Provision of Care for People with Parkinson’s Disease in New Zealand and Indonesia
This study examines the impact of Islamic beliefs on the caregiving practices of individuals diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in Indonesia and New Zealand. The study sample comprised seventeen caregivers who participated in semi-structured interviews which were analysed using the method of inductive thematic analysis. The study delineated three overarching themes: value-driven caregiving, comprehensive care and caregivers strengthened by faith and practice. This study examined the practical applications of the Quran, Hadith and Muslim beliefs in caregiver experiences. Further research is necessary to enhance the suppor...
Source: Journal of Religion and Health - November 17, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: research
Religious Tourism and Its Impact on Spiritual, Physical, and Mental Health: Insights from Pilgrims to Iranian Saints ’ Shrines
This study investigates pilgrims ’ justifications for visiting Iran’s Holy Shrine of Imam Reza (A.S) and the positive role of such pilgrimages in their religious coping experiences and healing practices. The research confirms that pilgrims strongly associate shrines in Iran with religious coping benefits and spiritual, mental, physical, and ritual healing. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews and purposive sampling. Behavioural strategies, religious beliefs, and spiritual concepts are considered. The findings reveal that faith and spirituality play a vital role in how individuals perceive and cope with ...
Source: Journal of Religion and Health - November 17, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: research
Faith Activities in the Home Scale: A Validity and Reliability Study in Turkey
AbstractThe main purpose of this study is to adapt both the reliability and validity of the Faith Activities in the Home Scale into Turkish. Among the 355 university students, 190 female and 165 male students participated in this study, which was conducted using data obtained from Sakarya University students. The Faith Activities in the Home Scale are evaluated in two different aspects: importance and frequency. The fit indices obtained in confirmatory factor analysis according to frequency scoring (x2 = 65.50, SD = 21, RMSEA = 0.076, NFI = 0.92, NNFI = 0.90, IFI = 0.94, CFI = 0.94, RFI = 0....
Source: Journal of Religion and Health - November 15, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: research
The Effect of Spiritual Orientations and Religious Attitudes on Coping with the Difficulties Encountered by Family Caregivers of People with Parkinson ’s Disease in Türkiye
This study aimed to determine the effect of spiritual orientations and religious attitudes on coping with the difficulties of family caregivers of people with Parkinson ’s disease. This descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted with 113 family caregivers of people with Parkinson’s disease who came to be examined in the Neurology outpatient clinic of a Training and Research Hospital in Türkiye between July and September 2023. Data were obtained using a Patient and Family Caregivers Information Form, the Spiritual Orientation Scale (SOS), and the Ok-Religious Attitude Scale (Islam) (ORASI). The mean age of the...
Source: Journal of Religion and Health - November 14, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: research
Church leader ’s Interpretation of COVID-19 in Nigeria: Science, Conspiracies, and Spiritualization
AbstractThe need for governments across the globe to collaborate with religious leaders in the fight against COVID-19 has been emphasized by international organizations including the World Health Organization (WHO). However, there has not been much discernible scholarly effort to know what religious leaders think of COVID-19. The present study, therefore, explored the interpretations church leaders have about COVID-19 in Nigeria. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with eighteen leaders from Catholic, Anglican and Pentecostal churches in Nigeria. Using a thematic analytical approach, the study found that only few chu...
Source: Journal of Religion and Health - November 14, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: research
The Effect of Spiritual Orientations and Religious Attitudes on Coping with the Difficulties Encountered by Family Caregivers of People with Parkinson ’s Disease in Türkiye
This study aimed to determine the effect of spiritual orientations and religious attitudes on coping with the difficulties of family caregivers of people with Parkinson ’s disease. This descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted with 113 family caregivers of people with Parkinson’s disease who came to be examined in the Neurology outpatient clinic of a Training and Research Hospital in Türkiye between July and September 2023. Data were obtained using a Patient and Family Caregivers Information Form, the Spiritual Orientation Scale (SOS), and the Ok-Religious Attitude Scale (Islam) (ORASI). The mean age of the...
Source: Journal of Religion and Health - November 14, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: research
Youth Suicide, Supernatural Beings and the Shamanic Response in Hunza: Northern Pakistan
AbstractIn recent years, Hunza has seen a surge of suicide cases among youth. This paper attempts to decipher the multiple layers of meanings entailed in suicide cases. The dominant perception among the natives is the attribution of influence to supernatural beings. This paper attempts to provide insights into the supernatural cosmology and its relationship to youth suicide among the Burushaski speakers of Hunza. Using qualitative research methodology, this paper describes the local perception of supernatural beings, and their classifications as well as the role of local shamans, known in Burushaski as bitan. In this scena...
Source: Journal of Religion and Health - November 13, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: research
