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- A espiritualidade nos cuidados de enfermagem: revisão da divulgação científica em PortugalPublication . Caldeira, Sílvia; Castelo Branco, Zita; Vieira, MargaridaContexto: a investigação e divulgação no panorama científico internacional acerca da espiritualidade e saúde têm vindo a desenhar um movimento crescente desde a década de 90, em particular, nos cuidados de enfermagem. Objetivos: Identificar e analisar a produção científica publicada em revistas portuguesas de enfermagem, bioética e saúde, desde 1990 até julho de 2010. Método: optou-se pelo método de pesquisa manual e eletrónica nas revistas portuguesas de enfermagem, nos Cadernos de Bioética e nos Cadernos de Saúde, num total de 21 títulos. Resultados: a amostra é constituída por 17 artigos selecionados de 1217 números pesquisados. Nove artigos de revisão de conceitos, quatro artigos de investigação, dois artigos de reflexão pessoal e duas revisões sistemáticas de literatura. A análise permitiu categorizar a espiritualidade em duas dimensões – dimensão humana da pessoa sã ou doente e dimensão do cuidar. Conclusões: a produção científica sobre a espiritualidade nos cuidados de enfermagem divulgada em Portugal é representada, na sua maioria, por artigos de reflexão e de revisão teórica. É menor o número de estudos empíricos. É importante que, além do desenvolvimento da investigação nesta área, a sua divulgação seja feita de preferência nas publicações nacionais, para uma efetiva divulgação do conhecimento produzido.
- Spiritual coping: a focus of new nursing diagnosesPublication . Cabaço, Sandra Rosado; Caldeira, Sílvia; Vieira, Margarida; Rodgers, BethOBJECTIVE: To define the antecedents, consequents, and attributes of spiritual coping. METHODS: Rodgers’ evolutionary model for concept analysis was used to guide an integrative literature review of qualitative research. FINDINGS: Six qualitative articles were included and elements that define and contextualize the concept were identified. CONCLUSIONS: Three new nursing diagnoses are proposed, based on qualitative findings. IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE: These new diagnoses should be submitted to clinical validation in different cultural and religious backgrounds, but the inclusion in the taxonomy highlights a holistic perspective concerning the spiritual dimension of patients’ responses in life and health transitions, and so, bringing the approach to spirituality into nursing practice.
- Spiritual distress: proposing a new definition and defining characteristicsPublication . Caldeira, Sílvia; Carvalho, Emília Campos; Vieira, MargaridaObjective To identify the definition and defining characteristics (DCs) of spiritual distress (00066). Method Integrative literature review. Results Thirty-seven articles and 35 DCs were identified. Spiritual distress as a response to health problems in the context of nursing care is different from an impaired ability to experience and integrate meaning in life. Conclusions The diagnosis misses some DCs that emerged from the literature review and lacks comprehensiveness. The domain and the class are reductionist toward its meaning. The taxonomy lacks a spiritual domain to include this and other diagnoses currently dispersed in other domains. Implications for Practice Further content and clinical validation is needed, as well as an assessment, to determine the diagnosis' class and domain.
- Clinical validation of the nursing diagnosis spiritual distress in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapyPublication . Caldeira, Sílvia; Timmins, Fiona; Carvalho, Emília Campos de; Vieira, MargaridaObjective: Validate the nursing diagnosis spiritual distress in cancer patients. Methods: Cross-sectional approach using Richard Fehring's Clinical Diagnostic Validity Model. Findings: The prevalence of diagnosis was 40.8% in a sample of 170 patients. A total of 16 defining characteristics were validated. Expresses suffering had the highest sensitivity value and lack of meaning in life had the highest specificity value. Conclusions: The diagnosis was validated. Cancer patients in spiritual distress are in a state of suffering related to lack of meaning in life. Implications for Practice: Sensitive diagnosis tools and language are required for nurses to make accurate judgments in situations of spiritual distress. Validation in different contexts would increase the clinical evidence of this diagnosis.
- Between spiritual wellbeing and spiritual distress: possible related factors in elderly patients with cancerPublication . Caldeira, Sílvia; Carvalho, Emília Campos de; Vieira, MargaridaObjective: this article describes the assessment of the spiritual wellbeing of elderly patients with cancer submitted to chemotherapy and possible predictive factors of the spiritual distress diagnosis. Methodology: this is a methodological study for clinical validation of a nursing diagnosis, using interviews to assist in completing the form. Results: 45 elderly patients participated in this study, Catholics, mostly female, diagnosed with breast cancer, average age of 70.3 years. The prevalence of spiritual distress was of 42%; 24.4% of the elderly patients were under anti-depressant medication. A significant association was noted between spiritual distress, anti- depressant medication and level of education; an increase (not significant) was acknowledged at the start of the treatment. Conclusion: these results emphasize the relevance of clarifying this diagnosis and the responsibility of nurses to provide spiritual care to patients. Interventions should be planned appropriately every time a nursing diagnosis is identified as a complex answer and for which pharmacological treatment is not sufficient.