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Although spiritual health is a core dimension of health and wellness, particularly for Latinos, it receives limited attention in health promotion interventions. Examen Tu Salud is a brief intervention for young Latinas in the USA and is designed using culturally tailored spiritual messaging and education provided through daily multimedia messages and weekly remote peer coaching rooted in Ignatian values and pedagogy. Results from this single group intervention study showed that after four weeks, participants reported large increases in spiritual health (Cohen d = 0.82), well-being (Cohen d = 0.91), and happiness (Cohen d = 0.84), and moderate reductions in stress (Cohen d = 0.41) and anxiety (Cohen d = 0.49). These findings further develop the spiritual health intervention literature and establish a baseline for future brief digital health interventions to support Latinas and other groups using culturally tailored spiritual health messaging.

This paper investigates the nurses' gatekeeping role for spiritual care in multi-disciplinary teams as a way of responding to the spiritual needs of patients with brain tumors in Austria. Using a validated vignette in an online survey, qualitative data from 56 neurosurgical nurses (30.4% response rate) were analyzed via reflexive thematic analysis. One key theme, Nurses as Gatekeepers - Referral and Working with other Health Care Professionals, highlights nurses' critical role in spiritual care. Effective referrals depend on nurses' awareness of spiritual care specialists' roles, emphasizing their importance in ensuring comprehensive, team-based care for neuro-oncological patients with complex spiritual needs.

COVID-19 patients in self-isolation tended to be ignored and marginalized. This marginalization then results in fear, anxiety, depression, stress, trauma, and even suicidal tendency. During self-isolation, patients are only treated medically but their psychological and spiritual aspects are often abandoned. Hence, a more holistic approach is necessary to treat COVID-19 patients while they are in self-isolation. The present study aims to explain the self-isolation model in Muhammadiyah COVID-19 Pesantren in Indonesia as a comprehensive model with holistic, religious, spiritual, and psychological approaches. This research is a qualitative research. The research involved fifty respondents comprising founding spiritual figures of the Muhammadiyah COVID-19 Pesantrens, doctors and medical staff, psychologists, and COVID-19 survivors. The data were collected through observation, documentation, and interviews. Data analysis was conducted through data display, reduction, categorization, and interpretation. The research findings show that the Muhammadiyah COVID-19 Pesantren integrates the Islamic educational aspect and COVID-19 hospital concepts. The treatment through the three approaches resulted in the increased health of the COVID-19 patients. It is expected that the combination of spiritual, psychological, and medical approaches during the COVID-19 pandemic can be adapted to mitigate other diseases, such as TBC, HIV, or similar pandemics post COVID-19.

This study aimed to identify the correlation between treatment adherence and spiritual well-being in patients with Type 2 Diabetes. A descriptive and correlational design was used. The study consisted of 203 patients. The data were collected through a patient information form, The Scale for Compliance to the Treatment in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and the FACIT-Sp-12 and analyzed by using descriptive and Pearson's Correlation analysis. A correlation was found between patients treatment adherence and their peace, faith, and meaning sub-dimensions of the FACIT Sp-12. This study shows a need for interventions for patients with Type 2 diabetes to increase their spiritual well-being and, therefore, their treatment adherence. For this reason, individuals' needs should be met with a holistic approach by integrating spiritual care into nursing care practices.

The outcomes of a 40-h Spiritual/Existential Care training program (SpECi) for healthcare professionals on their patients' treatment satisfaction (n = 774) were evaluated. Most patients felt supported in their spiritual needs by the staff (79-81%). This satisfaction was highest in hospices and palliative care units (Eta² = .065, p < .001). Regression analyses revealed that satisfaction with spiritual needs support was predicted by therapeutic staff support, treatment place, and support from pastoral care providers (R² = .17). The prominent role of healthcare practitioners with their specific competencies and spiritual care ideals is crucial for patients' support satisfaction which was higher for family and staff than to pastoral care providers.

Student nurses' sensitivity and personal perceptions about spirituality and spiritual care are important in providing spiritual care because student nurses need to explore their spirituality and their relationship to care. The study was carried out with a sequential explanatory mixed method design. Quantitative data for the research was collected using the descriptive characteristics form and the spirituality and spiritual care rating scale. As a result of the data obtained from the focus group interviews, the authors identified five contexts, fifteen themes and many sub-themes. As a result of this study, it was determined that the student's perceptions of spirituality and spiritual care were above average, and they saw spiritual care as a dimension of holistic care. However, they did not feel competent in providing spiritual care in clinical practice.

Intimate partner sexual violence (IPSV) has significant psychological consequences, yet no research has examined the relationship between IPSV and moral injury-a distinct form of bio-psycho-social-spiritual distress. This study explored IPSV, moral injury, religious and spiritual struggles (R/SS), purity culture beliefs (PCB), and psychological distress among Christian women in the USA (N = 210). Results revealed significant relationships between study variables. While the gender roles subscale of PCB moderated the link between IPSV and R/SS, the shame and guilt subscale did not. Further, R/SS significantly mediated the association between IPSV and moral injury, and moral injury (self- and other-directed) mediated the relationship between IPSV and psychological distress. These findings underscore the need for interventions to address the moral and spiritual dimensions of IPSV.

It is crucial for nurses to understand the meaning of spirituality, which can become more pronounced during pregnancy, childbirth, and breastfeeding, and to take a supportive approach to breastfeeding attitudes during pregnancy. This study aimed to explore pregnant women's attitudes and spiritual experiences in Türkiye regarding breastfeeding. A qualitative inductive content analysis design was employed. Seventeen pregnant women (36-39-week gestation) were admitted to a maternity hospital in Zonguldak, Türkiye. They were selected using purposive sampling. Data were collected through semi-structured, face-to-face, in-depth interviews and analyzed using an inductive content analysis approach. The mean age of the participants was 27.41 years, and ten participants were primiparous. Multiparous participants had previously breastfed for a mean duration of 19.1 months. Three main themes emerged: "Breastfeeding and life," "Spiritual life and breastfeeding," and "Cultural synthesis." Considering the impact of spirituality on breastfeeding during pregnancy, these findings may help nurses recognize pregnant women's spiritual needs and value the protective role of spirituality. Understanding these dimensions could improve the quality of support provided by healthcare professionals and potentially enhance breastfeeding outcomes.

This exploratory study examined the spiritual care beliefs of California pharmacists and their perspectives and experiences with prayer and spiritual conversations with patients. An online survey was utilized to collect data from members of the California Society of Health-System Pharmacists in Spring 2021. Most of the 85 respondents (3.4% response rate) were Christian (61%), spiritual (73%) and had a spiritual or religious conversation with a patient (60%) and many had prayed for a patient (48%). Respondents believed that pharmacists can initiate prayer (32%) and spiritual conversations (45%) with a patient.