Australian Patient Preferences for the Introduction of Spirituality into their Healthcare Journey: A Mixed Methods Study.

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Author	Best, Megan C. Jones, Kate Merritt, Frankie Casey, Michael Lynch, Sandra Eisman, John Cohen, Jeffrey Mackie, Darryl Beilharz, Kirsty Kearney, Matthew
Abstract	While patients value engagement concerning their spirituality as a part of holistic healthcare, there is little evidence regarding the preferred way to engage in discussions about spirituality. This study investigated inpatient preferences regarding how they would like spirituality to be raised in the hospital setting. A cross-sectional survey was conducted with inpatients at six hospitals in Sydney, Australia (n = 897), with a subset invited to participate in qualitative interviews (n = 41). There was high approval for all proposed spiritual history prompts (94.0–99.8%). In interviews, the context dictated the appropriateness of discussions. Findings indicated a high level of patient acceptability for discussing spirituality in healthcare. Further research and more detailed analysis is required and proposed to be undertaken.
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ISSN	00224197
Journal	Journal of Religion and Health [J Relig Health]
Volume Number	62
DOI	10.1007/s10943-022-01616-3
PubMed Central reference number	PMC9345780
Issue Number	4
PubMed reference number	35918566
e-ISSN	15736571
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2022-08-03
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	Open
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Subject Keyword	Spirituality History-taking Patient preferences Holistic care Healthcare professionals
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Religious Studies Nursing Medicine