Research on the status and influencing factors of spiritual nursing needs of cancer patients / 中华护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To preliminarily explore the level of spiritual needs from nurses in cancer patients,and to analyze its influencing factors.Methods Convenience sampling was applied to recruit 153 inpatients from a tertiary general hospital and a tumor hospital from December 2015 to April 2016.The Chinese version of the Nurse Spiritual Therapeutics Scale (NSTS) was administered to assess the level of spiritual needs from nurses in cancer patients.Results The total score of NSTS was (32.10-±7.68).Regression results showed that educational level and religion belief were influencing factors.Conclusion The level of spiritual needs from nurses in cancer patients was at middle level.With different educational level and religion status,the level of spiritual needs was different.