scholarly journals 12 / SPIRITUALITY AND RELIGIOSITY IN LATIN AMERICAN PALLIATIVE CARE HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS (LAHCP)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marvin Delgado-Guay
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Palliative Care ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Care Health

scholarly journals Spirituality and Religiosity and Burnout in Latin-American Palliative Care Health Care Professionals (LAPC) (S818)

2019 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 490-491
Author(s):  
Marvin Delgado Guay ◽  
Maria Margarita Reyes Donoso ◽  
José Mario López Saca ◽  
Miriam Elisa Riveros Rios ◽  
Tania Pastrana
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Palliative Care ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Care Health

Spirituality, religiosity, and burnout in Latin American palliative care health care professionals (LAPC).

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (34_suppl) ◽  
pp. 164-164
Author(s):  
Marvin Omar Delgado-Guay ◽  
Maria M Reyes Donoso ◽  
Mario Lopez Saca ◽  
Miriam Elisa Riveros Rios ◽  
Norma Colautti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Care Health ◽  
Clinical Engagement ◽  
Latin American Countries

164 Background: Spirituality (S) and religiosity (R) are essential in delivering Quality Palliative Care(PC). There's limited literature regarding Latin American clinicians’ spiritual and religious characteristics, or how these shape their clinical engagement and presence of burnout. Methods: To describe the frequency, intensity and importance of S and R and burnout on the LAPC's practice. From 6/1-12/31, 2017, a crossectional study using an anonymous/voluntary Online Survey was provided to active members of ALCP. We collected and analyzed data regarding demographics, role of S, R, and burnout. Results: 221/353 members from 20 Latin American Countries participated, RR:63%. Median age 47(SD+/-12), 75% were women. 40% Catholic. 58% were physicians, 19% nurses, 12% psychology, and other 12%. The median time of working in PC was 9 years (+/-7). LAPC considered themselves spiritual(median:8/10, range 0-10) and religious (5, 0-10). LAPC considered S/R very important in their lives (9/10, 0-10 and 6/10, 0-10), respectively. LAPC reported that S/R was a source of strength/comfort (9/10, SD+/-2), helped them to cope with their problems (8/10,+/-3), and helped them to keep their quality of life in a stressful work environment (8/10,+/-4). 60% LAPC felt energized and 86% reported not feeling exhausted after taking care of patients who are dying. This is associated with being spiritual (p=0.003) and its importance in life (p=0.025). 86% reported strongly/somewhat agreed with: "I feel called to take care of patients who are dying", this was associated with being spiritual (p=0.044). 31/221(14%) reported being burned out. No significant difference among gender, profession, age, years in PC, or importance of S/R. Having higher (34%) versus not (11%) experience emotional exhaustion after caring of the dying were more likely to report burnout (p<0.000). Those who felt emotionally energized after caring for the dying were less likely to report burnout (p=0.010). Conclusions: Most of LAPC considered themselves spiritual/religious, which has an important role in life and helped them to cope. Low percentage reported presence of burnout. The "call" and feeling energized caring for the dying are associated with less burnout.

Collective soul: The spirituality of an interdisciplinary palliative care team

2006 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
SHANE SINCLAIR ◽  
SHELLEY RAFFIN ◽  
JOSE PEREIRA ◽  
NANCY GUEBERT
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Palliative Care ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Palliative Care Team ◽  
Care Team ◽  
Cancer Center ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Spiritual Journeys ◽  
Common Goals

Objective:Although spirituality as it relates to patients is gaining increasing attention, less is known about how health care professionals (HCP) experience spirituality personally or collectively in the workplace. This study explores the collective spirituality of an interdisciplinary palliative care team, by studying how individuals felt about their own spirituality, whether there was a shared sense of a team spirituality, how spirituality related to the care the team provided to patients and whether they felt that they provided spiritual care.Methods:A qualitative autoethnographic approach was used. The study was conducted in a 10-bed Tertiary Palliative Care Unit (TPCU) in a large acute-care referral hospital and cancer center. Interdisciplinary team members of the TPCU were invited to participate in one-to-one interviews and/or focus groups. Five interviews and three focus groups were conducted with a total of 20 participants.Results:Initially participants struggled to define spirituality. Concepts of spirituality relating to integrity, wholeness, meaning, and personal journeying emerged. For many, spirituality is inherently relational. Others acknowledged transcendence as an element of spirituality. Spirituality was described as being wrapped in caring and often manifests in small daily acts of kindness and of love, embedded within routine acts of caring. Palliative care served as a catalyst for team members' own spiritual journeys. For some participants, palliative care represented a spiritual calling. A collective spirituality stemming from common goals, values, and belonging surfaced.Significance of results:This was the first known study that focused specifically on the exploration of a collective spirituality. The culture of palliative care seems to foster spiritual reflection among health care professionals both as individuals and as a whole. While spirituality was difficult to describe, it was a shared experience often tangibly present in the provision of care on all levels.

Moral distress experienced by health care professionals who provide home-based palliative care

2010 ◽  
Vol 71 (9) ◽  
pp. 1687-1691 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Brazil ◽  
Sharon Kassalainen ◽  
Jenny Ploeg ◽  
Denise Marshall
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Palliative Care ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Moral Distress ◽  
Home Based

scholarly journals Social and Health System Complexities Impacting on Decision-Making for Utilization of Oncology and Palliative Care in an African Context: A Qualitative Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 185-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
David A. Agom ◽  
Stuart Allen ◽  
Sarah Neill ◽  
Judith Sixsmith ◽  
Helen Poole ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Palliative Care ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Health Care System ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Semistructured Interview ◽  
Design Data ◽  
Care System

Background: There is a dearth of research focusing on identifying the social complexities impacting on oncology and palliative care (PC), and no study has explored how the health-care system in Nigeria or other African contexts may be influencing utilization of these services. Aim: This study explored how social complexities and the organization of health-care influenced the decision-making process for the utilization of oncology and PC in a Nigerian hospital. Methods: This qualitative study used an interpretive descriptive design. Data were collected using semistructured interview guides with 40 participants, comprising health-care professionals, patients, and their families. Thematic analysis was conducted to generate and analyze patterns within the data. Findings: Three themes were identified: dysfunctional structural organization of the health-care delivery system, service-users’ economic status, and the influence of social networks. The interrelationship between the themes result in patients and their family members decisions either to present late to the hospital, miss their clinical appointments, or not to seek oncological health care and PC. Conclusion: This article offers insights into the role of the health-care system, as organized currently in Nigeria, as “autoinhibitory” and not adequately prepared to address the increasing burden of cancer. We therefore argue that there is a need to restructure the Nigerian health-care system to better meet the needs of patients with cancer and their families as failure to do so will strengthen the existing inequalities, discourage usage, and increase mortality.

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