Clinical validation of impaired spirituality in patients with chronic renal disease

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem

Erika De Cássia Lopes Chaves²  Emilia Campos De Carvalho¹  Fabio De Souza Terra¹  Luiz De Souza¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Federal de Alfenas Departamento de EnfermagemMG ,Brazil

关键词: Nursing Diagnosis;    Spirituality;    Renal Insufficiency;    Chronic;    Renal Dialysis;    Validation Studies;    Diagnóstico de Enfermagem;    Espiritualidade;    Insuficiência Renal Crônica;    Diálise Renal;    Estudos de Validação;    Diagnóstico de Enfermería;    Espiritualidad;    Insuficiencia Renal Crónica;    Diálisis Renal;    Estudios de Validación;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0104-11692010000300003

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

This study aimed to identify and validate the defining characteristics of the nursing diagnosis Impaired spirituality. The methodological framework proposed by Fehring for the clinical validation of nursing diagnosis was used. The investigation was carried out in a dialysis clinic and had as participants 120 patients with chronic renal disease. Data were collected by two expert nurses, through interviews. The prevalence of the nursing diagnosis Impaired spirituality in the sample was 27.5%. It was found that the most frequent defining characteristics were Expresses behavioral changes: rage, Inability to express creativity, Questions suffering and Expresses alienation. The clinical validation of Impaired spirituality contributed to refine this diagnosis. Its identification in patients with chronic renal disease undergoing dialysis treatment can offer alternatives for a safer and more effective intervention, aiming at the satisfaction of the spiritual needs of these patients.

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