The relationship between the strength of religious faith and spirituality in relation to post-traumatic growth among nurses caring for COVID-19 patients in eastern Poland: a cross-sectional study
IntroductionThe COVID-19 pandemic had forced intensive care unit (ICU) nurses to adapt to extreme conditions in a short period of time. This resulted in them experiencing extremely stressful situations. The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between post-traumatic growth (PTG) and reli...
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| author | Grzegorz Józef Nowicki Daria Schneider-Matyka Iwona Godlewska Andrzej Tytuła Andrzej Tytuła Marzena Kotus Monika Walec Elżbieta Grochans Barbara Ślusarska |
| author_facet | Grzegorz Józef Nowicki Daria Schneider-Matyka Iwona Godlewska Andrzej Tytuła Andrzej Tytuła Marzena Kotus Monika Walec Elżbieta Grochans Barbara Ślusarska |
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| description | IntroductionThe COVID-19 pandemic had forced intensive care unit (ICU) nurses to adapt to extreme conditions in a short period of time. This resulted in them experiencing extremely stressful situations. The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between post-traumatic growth (PTG) and religiosity and spirituality (R/S) among nurses caring for COVID-19 patients in intensive care during the pandemic.Materials and methods120 nurses working in Lublin, eastern Poland, participated in the cross-sectional study. The questionnaire was made up of three standardised tools: The Post-Traumatic Growth Inventory, The Santa Clara Strength of Religious Faith Questionnaire, The Spiritual Attitude and Involvement List.ResultsIn terms of spirituality, the study group of nurses achieved the highest score in the Connectedness with Nature subscale (4.37 ± 1.07), while the strength of religious beliefs had a positive correlation with post-traumatic growth only in the Spiritual changes subscale (r = 0.422, p < 0.001). The following dimensions of spirituality were significantly correlated with post-traumatic growth in the multi-factor model that included religiosity and spirituality: Transcendent experiences, Spiritual activities, Meaningfulness, Acceptance, and Trust. We saw that increase in the assessment of the Transcendent experiences, Meaningfulness and Trust subscales significantly mirrors increase in post-traumatic growth, while increase in the assessment of the Spiritual activities and Acceptance subscales significantly mirrors decrease in post-traumatic growth. The above variables explained up to 44% of the dependent variable.ConclusionBoth religiosity and spirituality were significantly associated with post-traumatic growth in the group of ICU nurses, but spirituality appears to have played a larger role. Our findings support the value and significance of the development of spiritual and religious identity as a means of enhancing positive psychological changes in the face of traumatic events. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e3e7173551b3460c8183420b541ace882024-01-08T05:01:53ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychiatry1664-06402024-01-011410.3389/fpsyt.2023.13310331331033The relationship between the strength of religious faith and spirituality in relation to post-traumatic growth among nurses caring for COVID-19 patients in eastern Poland: a cross-sectional studyGrzegorz Józef Nowicki0Daria Schneider-Matyka1Iwona Godlewska2Andrzej Tytuła3Andrzej Tytuła4Marzena Kotus5Monika Walec6Elżbieta Grochans7Barbara Ślusarska8Department of Family and Geriatric Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, PolandDepartment of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Szczecin, PolandSecond Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Therapy, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, PolandHead Chamber of Nurses and Midwives, Warszawa, PolandFaculty of Human Sciences, University of Economics and Innovation, Lublin, PolandDepartment of Anaesthesiological and Intensive Care Nursing, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, PolandDepartment of Family and Geriatric Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, PolandDepartment of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Szczecin, PolandDepartment of Family and Geriatric Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, PolandIntroductionThe COVID-19 pandemic had forced intensive care unit (ICU) nurses to adapt to extreme conditions in a short period of time. This resulted in them experiencing extremely stressful situations. The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between post-traumatic growth (PTG) and religiosity and spirituality (R/S) among nurses caring for COVID-19 patients in intensive care during the pandemic.Materials and methods120 nurses working in Lublin, eastern Poland, participated in the cross-sectional study. The questionnaire was made up of three standardised tools: The Post-Traumatic Growth Inventory, The Santa Clara Strength of Religious Faith Questionnaire, The Spiritual Attitude and Involvement List.ResultsIn terms of spirituality, the study group of nurses achieved the highest score in the Connectedness with Nature subscale (4.37 ± 1.07), while the strength of religious beliefs had a positive correlation with post-traumatic growth only in the Spiritual changes subscale (r = 0.422, p < 0.001). The following dimensions of spirituality were significantly correlated with post-traumatic growth in the multi-factor model that included religiosity and spirituality: Transcendent experiences, Spiritual activities, Meaningfulness, Acceptance, and Trust. We saw that increase in the assessment of the Transcendent experiences, Meaningfulness and Trust subscales significantly mirrors increase in post-traumatic growth, while increase in the assessment of the Spiritual activities and Acceptance subscales significantly mirrors decrease in post-traumatic growth. The above variables explained up to 44% of the dependent variable.ConclusionBoth religiosity and spirituality were significantly associated with post-traumatic growth in the group of ICU nurses, but spirituality appears to have played a larger role. Our findings support the value and significance of the development of spiritual and religious identity as a means of enhancing positive psychological changes in the face of traumatic events.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1331033/fullCOVID-19post-traumatic growthreligionspiritualitynurses |
| spellingShingle | Grzegorz Józef Nowicki Daria Schneider-Matyka Iwona Godlewska Andrzej Tytuła Andrzej Tytuła Marzena Kotus Monika Walec Elżbieta Grochans Barbara Ślusarska The relationship between the strength of religious faith and spirituality in relation to post-traumatic growth among nurses caring for COVID-19 patients in eastern Poland: a cross-sectional study Frontiers in Psychiatry COVID-19 post-traumatic growth religion spirituality nurses |
| title | The relationship between the strength of religious faith and spirituality in relation to post-traumatic growth among nurses caring for COVID-19 patients in eastern Poland: a cross-sectional study |
| title_full | The relationship between the strength of religious faith and spirituality in relation to post-traumatic growth among nurses caring for COVID-19 patients in eastern Poland: a cross-sectional study |
| title_fullStr | The relationship between the strength of religious faith and spirituality in relation to post-traumatic growth among nurses caring for COVID-19 patients in eastern Poland: a cross-sectional study |
| title_full_unstemmed | The relationship between the strength of religious faith and spirituality in relation to post-traumatic growth among nurses caring for COVID-19 patients in eastern Poland: a cross-sectional study |
| title_short | The relationship between the strength of religious faith and spirituality in relation to post-traumatic growth among nurses caring for COVID-19 patients in eastern Poland: a cross-sectional study |
| title_sort | relationship between the strength of religious faith and spirituality in relation to post traumatic growth among nurses caring for covid 19 patients in eastern poland a cross sectional study |
| topic | COVID-19 post-traumatic growth religion spirituality nurses |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1331033/full |
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