NCT04415411

Effects of Nursing Care Provided to Relatives of Palliative Care Patients on Caregivers' Spiritual Well-being and Hope

Effects of Nursing Care Provided to the Relatives of Palliative Care Patients on Caregivers' Spiritual Well-being and Hope: A Randomised Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 147 (actual)
• Sponsor: Ondokuz Mayıs University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to determine the effects of nursing care provided based on the Watson's Theory of Human Caring to the relatives of palliative care patients on caregivers' spiritual well-being and hope. This research was conducted with 60 patient relatives (intervention group: 30, control group: 30) taking care of their patient in palliative care unit.

Detailed description

Every year, millions of patients as well as millions of patients are primarily involved in the palliative care process. It is emphasized that from the very start of palliative care process until grievance stage, patient relatives require a myriad of physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs. It has been widely reported that among relatives of palliative care patients, there is a high incidence of mental distress, depression, anxiety, sleep disturbance, fear and despair. The maintain of hope and spiritual well-being are important in dealing with this difficult process. Accordingly, nursing care is important, which supports the hope and spiritual well-being of patients' relatives. Nursing care that supports hope and focuses on spiritual dimensions is important in Watson's Human Care Theory.

Conditions

• Hope
• Spirituality
• Palliative Care

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Nursing care based on the Theory of Human Caring	Planned nursing care based on 10 caritas processes of Theory of Human Caring.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-10-05
• Primary completion: 2019-03-18
• Completion: 2019-03-18
• First posted: 2020-06-04
• Last updated: 2020-06-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)