Effects of Holistic Hospice Nursing Intervention Program on Self Esteem and Spiritual Well-being for Inpatients of Hospice Palliative Care Unit.
- Author:
Sung Eun CHOI
1
;
Eun Sil KANG
Author Information
1. Hospice Center in Sunlin Hospital, Pohang, Korea. healpeople@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Holistic hospice nursing intervention program;
Inpatients of hospice palliative care unit;
Self concept;
Spiritual well-being
- MeSH:
Evaluation Studies as Topic;
Hospices;
Humans;
Informed Consent;
Inpatients;
Palliative Care;
Self Concept;
Surveys and Questionnaires
- From:Korean Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
2009;12(4):209-219
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
PURPOSE: This study was to testify the effects on self esteem and spiritual well-being of holistic hospice nursing intervention program ("Rainbow program") for inpatients of hospice palliative care unit. This was designed as a preliminary experimental study with one-group pre-post test. METHODS: A total of 27 patients who were over 18 years old, and admitted in hospice palliative care unit of S hospital in P city, submitted informed consent for this study, participated in holistic hospice nursing intervention program(total 10 sessions and 1,200 minutes for 2 weeks) from April 6, 2004 to April 20, 2005. To test the effects of this intervention, Self Esteem Questionnaire (SEQ) and Spiritual Well-being Questionnaire were used. The collected data were analyzed by Paired t-test with SPSS/WIN 12.0 program. RESULTS: (1) Hypothesis No. 1 "The experimental group which received Rainbow program will have a higher degree of self esteem than before" was supported (t=11.554, P<0.001). (2) Hypothesis No. 2 "The experimental group which received Rainbow program will have a higher degree of spiritual well-being than before" was also supported (t=6.387, P<0.001). CONCLUSION: This Holistic Hospice Nursing Intervention Program was effective in increasing self-esteem and spiritual well-being of patients in hospice palliative care unit. Therefore, it can actively be used and also applied to hospice palliative care practice, research, and education as a useful model of interdisciplinary team approach by hospice professionals.
