Spiritual Wellbeing

A study to assess spiritual wellbeing of patients with cerebral stroke and their experience on spiritual care competence of their nurses.
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Introduction

Cerebral stroke is one of the leading causes of adult disabilities and comes as unanticipated shock to patients. Spiritual wellbeing can motivate stroke patients towards effective coping. It can reduce anxiety related to disease process and rehabilitation (Faiza Amjad and Iram,2014). Religious affiliations are found to have positive effect on spiritual wellbeing. Attitude of nurses towards spiritual care and their spiritual wellbeing has shown positive correlation with spiritual care competence. (Azarsa ,2015). Enhancing spiritual wellbeing of stroke patients is a vital function of

It has become of central importance in many health care settings as researchers continue to study its effects upon health (Bredly, 2011) .It can promote patients recovery and help them to successfully go through rehabilitation phase. Patients capacity to accept life with certain disabilities,positive outlook to future, feeling of internal peace reflects spiritual wellbeing in them. Hospital ambience and facilities plays a significant role; especially nurses have a prominent role in identifying and meeting the spiritual needs of patients. A state of spiritual wellbeing enables the patient to adhere to disease management and rehabilitation programs and it capacitates them to learn to live with

All participants received the Royal Free Interview (RFI), a semi-structured interview for religious and spiritual beliefs, and were assessed on their mood with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). Functional status was measured by means of the Functional Independence Measure (FIM). Analysis using multiple linear regression was used to find the relationship between patient variables like functional recovery, religious beliefs, mood improvements. However, no association was found between faith and recovery of functional independence. (Salvatore Giaquinto,et