The Effect of a Spiritual Caring Program on Depression among Caregivers of Patients with Terminal Cancer
Keywords:
spiritual caring, depression, caregivers, cancerAbstract
The quasi-experimental pretest-posttest control group design was used. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of the spiritual caring program on depression among caregivers of patients with terminal cancer. A sample of 50 caregivers of patients with terminal cancer at the medical center was met the inclusion criteria and was randomly assigned into the experimental and the control groups, with 25 each group. The experimental group received the spiritual caring program including six sessions with 90 minutes each session, three sessions per week, while the control group received the regular nursing care. Data collection was carried out using personal questionnaires at the center for epidemiological studies depression scale (CES-D), with a reliability of 0.74. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics including percentage, mean, standard deviation and the t-test. The findings were as follows: 1) The mean score of depression among caregivers after receiving the spiritual caring program (M = 19.52, SD = 5.43) was statistically significantly lower than the mean score of depression before receiving the program (M = 22.84, SD = 5.03) (t = 2.14, p<0.05); 2) The mean difference of depression score among caregivers at the pretest and posttest of the experimental group ( = -3.24, SD = 7.73) was statistically significantly lower than the mean difference (
2= 4.24, SD = 6.03) of the control group (t = -5.40, p< .001). These findings suggest that registered nurse and health professionals can use the spiritual caring program for reduce depression among caregivers of patients with terminal cancer depression among caregivers of patients with terminal cancer.
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