The Effects of Palliative Care in Spiritual Aspect

Abstract

Objective : To study for evaluate satisfaction of patients’ family with palliative care in spiritual aspect and to study outcomes of palliative care in spiritual aspect.

Materials and methods : This research is Intervention research. The sample is 12 end of life patients who were admitted in the Pokkasap special ward at Nakhon Phanom Hospital. They admitted between April to July 2020. They have selected by purposive sampling. They assessed the condition of patients who needed palliative performance scale 40-60 points. The research instruments are Clinical guideline practice of palliative care in spiritual aspect that was reform by review and Narayashami’s assessment, the palliative family satisfaction assessment, The questionnaire of spiritual aspect end of life patients need. Quantitative data were analyzed by descriptive statistics.

Results : It was found that the satisfaction of patients’ family with after palliative care in spiritual aspect are higher, the mean was 4.94 (SD = 0.66) that higher than before using the guidelines with significantly (p <0.001). The spiritual aspect need of end of life patients found who need a quiet place, they want their relatives to be involved with treatment, planning empathy from the health team and want relatives to look after close from relatives and family. The relatives are the ones who encourage the best that has equal mean at 4 (S.D = 0.00)

Conclusion : The research results that a spiritual palliative care approach has an effect on increasing the satisfaction of hospice families.