Sílvia Caldeira1, Emília Campos Carvalho2, Margarida Vieira3. 1. The Catholic University of Portugal, Lisbon, Portugal. 2. University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil. 3. Institute of Health Sciences, The Catholic University of Portugal, Porto, Portugal.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: 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.
OBJECTIVE: 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.
Authors: Maciej Klimasiński; Ewa Baum; Joanna Praczyk; Monika Ziemkiewicz; Daria Springer; Szczepan Cofta; Katarzyna Wieczorowska-Tobis Journal: Int J Environ Res Public Health Date: 2022-05-01 Impact factor: 4.614