Nurses' Perceptions of Spirituality and Spiritual Care and Influencing Factors in Türkiye, Italy, and Albania: A Multicultural Study

dc.authoridBaysal, Ebru/0000-0002-8831-3065
dc.contributor.authorBaysal, Ebru
dc.contributor.authorDemirkol, Hacer
dc.contributor.authorErol, Ahmet
dc.contributor.authorKacmaz, Elif Deniz
dc.contributor.authorDuka, Blerina
dc.contributor.authorAgolli, Benarda
dc.contributor.authorStievano, Alessandro
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-20T09:50:32Z
dc.date.available2025-03-20T09:50:32Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.departmentİzmir Bakırçay Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractThe present study aimed to explore the perceptions of spirituality and spiritual care among nurses who work in three different countries with different cultures as well as the factors influencing their perception. This is a cross-sectional multicultural study conducted with a total of 1090 nurses from T & uuml;rkiye, Albania, and Italy. Data were collected through the Individual Information Form and the Spirituality and Spiritual Care Rating Scale. Nurses' mean score on the Spirituality and Spiritual Care Rating Scale was above average. It was also found that country, marital status, religious belief, Islamic religion, training for spiritual care, and using spiritual practices to cope with difficulties or illnesses influenced nurses' perception of spirituality and spiritual care. It was concluded that nurses from the three countries associated spirituality and spiritual care with religion and that some personal characteristics influenced their perceptions of spiritual care. The results highlight the need for training in spiritual care to improve nurses' perceptions and practices of spiritual care.
dc.description.sponsorshipWe like to thank the nurses who took part in this research.
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/healthcare12141391
dc.identifier.issn2227-9032
dc.identifier.issue14
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85199916686
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12141391
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14034/2241
dc.identifier.volume12
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001277725100001
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ2
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherMDPI
dc.relation.ispartofHealthcare
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_WOS_20250319
dc.subjectspirituality
dc.subjectspiritual care
dc.subjectnursing
dc.subjectculture
dc.titleNurses' Perceptions of Spirituality and Spiritual Care and Influencing Factors in Türkiye, Italy, and Albania: A Multicultural Study
dc.typeArticle

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