TY - JOUR
T1 - Health professionals' attitudes toward religiosity and spirituality
T2 - A NERSH Data Pool based on 23 surveys from six continents
AU - Kørup, Alex
AU - Søndergaard, Jens
AU - Alyousefi, Nada A.
AU - Lucchetti, Giancarlo
AU - Baumann, Klaus
AU - Lee, Eunmi
AU - Karimah, Azimatul
AU - Ramakrishnan, Parameshwaran
AU - Frick, Eckhard
AU - Büssing, Arndt
AU - Schouten, Esther
AU - Butcher, Wyatt
AU - Hefti, René
AU - Wermuth, Inga
AU - de Diego-Cordero, Rocio
AU - Menegatti-Chequini, Maria Cecilia
AU - Hvidt, Niels Christian
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Kørup A et al.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Data pool
KW - Health professionals
KW - International collaboration
KW - Religion
KW - Spirituality
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U2 - 10.12688/f1000research.52512.2
DO - 10.12688/f1000research.52512.2
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85119430207
SN - 2046-1402
VL - 10
JO - F1000Research
JF - F1000Research
M1 - 446
ER -