Category Archive for: "Specific Service Lines"

Denver Spirited Heart: Mixed-Methods Pilot Study of a Psychospiritual Intervention for Heart Failure Patients

January 17, 2019 diseases, Specific Service Lines

BACKGROUND: Increased spiritual well-being is related to quality of life (QOL) in patients with heart failure (HF). However, consistent and deliberate integration of spirituality into HF patient [...]
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Addressing spiritual needs and overall satisfaction with service provision among older hospitalied patients

January 17, 2019 diseases, Specific Service Lines

Little research has examined the relationship between addressing older adults’ spiritual needs and overall satisfaction with service provision during hospitalization, despite the importance [...]
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Let Us Talk About It: Heart Failure Patients’ Preferences toward Discussions about Prognosis, Advance Care Planning, and Spiritual Support

January 17, 2019 diseases, Specific Service Lines

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study is to describe preferences of patients with heart failure (HF) for having advance care planning (ACP) discussions with clinicians and to identify [...]
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The experience of spirituality from the perspective of people living with dementia: A systematic review and meta-synthesis

January 17, 2019 diseases, Specific Service Lines

Spirituality is an important aspect of humanity. Concerned with deriving meaning from events, and connection with others, it provides a mechanism for some to cope with illness and disability. [...]
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Have no regrets: Parents’ experiences and developmental tasks in pregnancy with a lethal fetal diagnosis

January 17, 2019 diseases, Specific Service Lines

SIGNIFICANCE: Lethal fetal diagnoses are made in 2% of all pregnancies. The pregnancy experience is certainly changed for the parents who choose to continue the pregnancy with a known fetal [...]
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