Effectiveness of spiritual care using spiritual pain assessment sheet for advanced cancer patients: A pilot non-randomized controlled trial

To obtain preliminary knowledge to design a randomized controlled trial to clarify the effects of spiritual care using the Spiritual Pain Assessment Sheet (SpiPas). The study was designed as a nonrandomized controlled trial. The study took place between January 2015 and July 2015 in a hematology and...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Palliative & supportive care 2019-02, Vol.17 (1), p.46-53
Main Authors: Ichihara, Kaori, Ouchi, Sayako, Okayama, Sachiko, Kinoshita, Fukiko, Miyashita, Mitsunori, Morita, Tatsuya, Tamura, Keiko
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Anxiety
Cancer
Clinical trials
Evidence-based medicine
Female
Hospice care
Humans
Intervention
Japan
Male
Middle Aged
Neoplasms - psychology
Neoplasms - therapy
Nurses
Nursing care
Original Article
Pain
Pain Measurement - methods
Palliative care
Palliative Care - methods
Palliative Care - standards
Patients
Pilot Projects
Psychometrics - instrumentation
Psychometrics - methods
Quality of Life - psychology
Spiritual Therapies - methods
Spiritual Therapies - standards
Spirituality
Surveys and Questionnaires
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:To obtain preliminary knowledge to design a randomized controlled trial to clarify the effects of spiritual care using the Spiritual Pain Assessment Sheet (SpiPas). The study was designed as a nonrandomized controlled trial. The study took place between January 2015 and July 2015 in a hematology and oncology ward and two palliative care units in Japan. Among 54 eligible patients with advanced cancer, 46 were recruited (24 in the control group vs. 22 in the intervention group). The intervention group received spiritual care using SpiPas and usual care; the control group received usual care. The primary outcome was the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Spiritual (FACIT-Sp). The secondary outcomes were the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and Comprehensive Quality of Life Outcome (CoQoLo).ResultA total of 33 (72%) and 23 (50%) patients completed 2- and 3-week follow-up evaluations, respectively. The differences in the changes during 2 weeks in total scores of FACIT-Sp and HADS were significant (95% confidence intervals, 3.65, 14.4, p < 0.01; -11.2 to -1.09, p = .02, respectively). No significant changes were observed in the total score of CoQoLo.Significance of resultsSpiritual care using the SpiPas might be useful for improving patient spiritual well-being. This controlled clinical trial could be performed and a future clinical trial is promising if outcomes are obtained within 2 weeks.
ISSN:1478-9515
1478-9523
DOI:10.1017/S1478951518000901