The Relationships among Perception, Attitude, and Nursing Practice, Applying the Buddhist Principle in Spiritual Care for Palliative Care Patients in Faculty of Medicine Vajira Hospital, Navamindradhiraj University

Abstract

This study was the descriptive research. The objective was to investigate the relationships between  perception, attitude, and  nursing practice, applying the buddhist principle  in  spiritual  care  for  palliative care patients  in  Faculty  of  Medicine Vajira Hospital, Navamindradhiraj University. The population composed of 284 nurses who care palliative care patients in 2013 and simple random sampling by proportions from each  ward, the sample composed of 199 nurses. The research instruments used in this study were questionnaire about perception, attitude, and  nursing practice, applying the buddhist principle  in  spiritual  care  for  palliative care patients. They were validated by 5 experts, the result of Content Validity Index (CVI) were .97,  .95 and  .80 respectively, reliability of Cronbach’s Alpha Coefficient were  .91,  .88 and  .86 respectively. Data analysis was using  descriptive statistics and Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Coefficient.

           This research found that perception and nursing practice, applying the buddhist principle  in  spiritual  care  for  palliative care patients  in  Faculty  of  Medicine Vajira Hospital, Navamindradhiraj University from overall was at high level, attitude to applying the buddhist principle  in  spiritual  care  for  palliative care patients was at a good  level, and the relationship between the perception and attitude to applying the buddhist principle  in  spiritual  care  for  palliative care patients, the relationship between the perception and nursing practice, applying the buddhist principle  in  spiritual  care  for  palliative care patients, and the relationship between attitude to applying the buddhist principle  in  spiritual  care  for  palliative care patients and nursing practice, applying the buddhist principle  in  spiritual  care  for  palliative care patients  was statistical significantly (r = .615, .653 and .493 respectively)  (p<0.001).