Potential profile analysis and influencing factors of nurses′ spiritual health in elderly care institutions / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To investigate the spiritual health status of nurses in elderly care institutions, analyze the potential categories of spiritual health of nurses in elderly care institutions and explore the influencing factors of different categories.Methods:This study was a cross-sectional survey. From April to July 2022, 352 nurses from 15 elder care institutions in Shandong province were selected to conduct a questionnaire survey on demographic characteristics and spiritual health. Potential profile analysis was used to identify different spiritual health categories, and one-way ANOVA and ordered logistic regression were used to test the differences in population characteristics.Results:There were group heterogeneity in the spiritual health of nurses in elderly care institutions, which were divided into "high level stable type" (34.66%), "medium level type" (44.89%) and "low self transcendence type" (20.45%). Ordered logistic regression showed that age ( OR = 1.054, OR 95% CI 1.031-1.078, P<0.01), self-assessment health ( OR = 3.034, OR 95% CI 1.478-6.221, P<0.01), and spiritual learning and training experience ( OR = 2.221, OR 95% CI 1.370-3.600, P<0.01) were protective factors of spiritual health. Single parent families ( OR = 0.018, OR 95% CI 0.002-0.197, P<0.01) and working 12 to 16 hours a day ( OR = 0.029, 95% CI 0.009-0.091, P<0.01), working more than 16 hours a day ( OR = 0.046, 95% CI 0.018-0.119, P<0.01) were risk factors for spiritual health. Conclusions:There are three potential categories of nurses′ spiritual health in the elderly care institutions, and different categories of nurses have different characteristics. Institutional managers should carry out targeted interventions according to different characteristics to improve their spiritual health.