Background 

Spiritual care is an essential part and a core component of quality palliative care, as identified by the World Health Organization. However, spiritual care training for hospice palliative care teams (HPCTs) is infrequent.

Objective 

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of a meaning-centered spiritual care training program for HPCTs (McSCTP-HPCT).

Methods 

This study used a nonrandomized controlled design. The McSCTP-HPCT comprised 5 modules. The participants were HPCTs working in 15 national hospice institutions and were allocated to either the experimental group (n = 33) or the control group (n = 27) based on the participating institutions’ preference. Three outcome variables were tested: spiritual care competency, spiritual care therapeutics, and compassion fatigue. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, χ² test, 1-way analysis of variance, and repeated-measures analysis of variance.

Results 

There was a significant difference in the interaction between measurement time and group assignment in spiritual care competency (P = .002) and spiritual care therapeutics (P = .038), whereas no significant difference was found for compassion fatigue (P = .716).

Conclusion 

The McSCTP-HPCT conducted in this study shows effectiveness in increasing the spiritual care competency and spiritual care therapeutics of HPCTs and may support the importance of spiritual care training.

Implications for Practice 

The McSCTP-HPCTs adds to the scientific evidence on spiritual care and has the capacity to improve the quality of care for patients with a life-threatening illness.

中文翻译：

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韩国临终关怀团队以意义为中心的精神护理培训计划的效果：一项非随机对照试验

背景 

世界卫生组织认为，精神护理是优质姑息治疗的重要组成部分和核心组成部分。然而，临终关怀姑息治疗团队 (HPCT) 的精神护理培训很少。

客观的 

本研究的目的是调查以意义为中心的 HPCT 精神护理培训计划 (McSCTP-HPCT) 的效果。

方法 

本研究采用非随机对照设计。McSCTP-HPCT 由 5 个模块组成。参与者是在 15 个国家临终关怀机构工作的 HPCT，根据参与机构的偏好被分配到实验组 (n = 33) 或对照组 (n = 27)。测试了三个结果变量：精神护理能力、精神护理治疗和同情疲劳。^{使用描述性统计、χ 2}检验、单向方差分析和重复测量方差分析来分析数据。

结果 

在精神护理能力 ( P = .002) 和精神护理治疗 ( P = .038)方面，测量时间和小组分配之间的相互作用存在显着差异，而同情疲劳则没有发现显着差异 ( P = .716) 。

结论 

本研究中进行的 McSCTP-HPCT 显示了 HPCT 在提高精神护理能力和精神护理治疗方面的有效性，并可能支持精神护理培训的重要性。

对实践的影响 

McSCTP-HPCT 增加了精神护理方面的科学证据，并有能力提高危及生命疾病患者的护理质量。