Health professionals' attitudes toward religiosity and spirituality: A NERSH Data Pool based on 23 surveys from six continents

Alex Kørup, Jens Søndergaard, Nada A. Alyousefi, Giancarlo Lucchetti, Klaus Baumann, Eunmi Lee, Azimatul Karimah, Parameshwaran Ramakrishnan, Eckhard Frick, Arndt Büssing, Esther Schouten, Wyatt Butcher, René Hefti, Inga Wermuth, Rocio de Diego-Cordero, Maria Cecilia Menegatti-Chequini, Niels Christian Hvidt

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Abstract

Background In order to facilitate better international and cross-cultural comparisons of health professionals (HPs) attitudes towards Religiosity and/or Spirituality (R/S) using individual participant data meta-analysis we updated the NERSH Data Pool. Methods We performed both a network search, a citation search and systematic literature searches to find new surveys. Results We found six new surveys (N=1,068), and the complete data pool ended up comprising 7,323 observations, including 4,070 females and 3,253 males. Most physicians (83%, N=3,700) believed that R/S had 'some' influence on their patients' health (CI95%) (81.8%-84.2%). Similarly, nurses (94%, N=1,020) shared such a belief (92.5%-95.5%). Across all samples 649 (16%; 14.9%-17.1%) physicians reported to have undergone formal R/S-training, compared with nurses where this was 264 (23%; 20.6%-25.4%). Conclusions Preliminary analysis indicates that HPs believe R/S to be important for patient health but lack formal R/S-training. Findings are discussed. We find the data pool suitable as a base for future cross-cultural comparisons using individual participant data meta-analysis.

Original languageEnglish
Article number446
JournalF1000Research
Volume10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021

Keywords

  • Data pool
  • Health professionals
  • International collaboration
  • Religion
  • Spirituality

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