Religious/spiritual experiences, quality of life and satisfaction with life of hospitalized octogenarians

Okuno, Meiry Fernanda Pinto; Costa, Karina Aparecida Lopes da; Barbosa, Dulce Aparecida; Belasco, Angélica Gonçalves Silva

doi:10.1590/0034-7167-2020-1099

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE • Rev. Bras. Enferm. 75 (1) • 2022 • https://doi.org/10.1590/0034-7167-2020-1099 copy

Religious/spiritual experiences, quality of life and satisfaction with life of hospitalized octogenarians

Experiencias religiosas/espirituales, calidad de vida y satisfacción con la vida de octogenarios hospitalizados

Authorship SCIMAGO INSTITUTIONS RANKINGS

ABSTRACT

Objectives:

to assess quality of life (QoL) and satisfaction with life (SWL) indices and verify whether the frequency of religious and spiritual experiences is associated with QoL and SWL in hospitalized octogenarians.

Method:

this is a cross-sectional study, with 128 octogenarians. World Health Organization QoL instruments and Scales applied: Daily Spiritual Experience (DSES) and Satisfaction With Life (SWLS).

Results:

more committed domains related to QoL and SWL: autonomy and physical capacity. The higher the score in DSES, the higher the scores in the psychological domains and past, present, and future QoL activities. The higher the score in DSES, the higher the score in the social involvement aspect.

Conclusion:

the results of this study showed that the higher frequency of religious and spiritual experiences of hospitalized elderly people was associated with better QoL and SWL. It is emphasized that religious and spiritual experiences should be explored in the hospital therapeutic context.

Descriptors:
Aged; Aging; Spirituality; Nursing Care; Quality of Life

WHOQOL-BREF^* * WHOQOL-BREF = abbreviated version of the World Health Organization Quality of Life Group instrument; domains	Scores - mean (standard deviation)	WHOQOL-OLD facets^† † WHOQOL-OLD= World Health Organization Quality of Life Group project.	Scores - mean (standard deviation)
Physical	45.06 (15.67)	Sensory ability	51.03 (23.12)
Psychological	58.40 (15.48)	Autonomy	48.73 (20.46)
Social relations	65.89 (15.94)	Past, present, and future activities	60.40 (17.45)
Environment	57.06 (11.53)	Social participation	53.32 (19.45)
		Death and dying	57.13 (28.61)
		Intimacy	69.97 (18.11)

WHOQOL-BREF^* * WHOQOL-BREF = abbreviated version of the World Health Organization Quality of Life Group instrument; domains		Daily Spiritual Experience Scale
Physical	R^† † R = Spearman's correlation coefficient;	-0.10
Physical	p value^‡ ‡ p value = significance level.	0.2652
Psychological	R^† † R = Spearman's correlation coefficient;	-0.30
Psychological	p value^‡ ‡ p value = significance level.	0.0006
Social relationships	R^† † R = Spearman's correlation coefficient;	-0.29
Social relationships	p value^‡ ‡ p value = significance level.	0.0009
Environment	R^† † R = Spearman's correlation coefficient;	-0.24
Environment	p value^‡ ‡ p value = significance level.	0.0074
Perception of quality of life	R^† † R = Spearman's correlation coefficient;	-0.05
Perception of quality of life	p value^‡ ‡ p value = significance level.	0.5651
Satisfaction with health	R^† † R = Spearman's correlation coefficient;	-0.03
Satisfaction with health	p value^‡ ‡ p value = significance level.	0.7618

WHOQOL-OLD facets^* * WHOQOL-OLD = World Health Organization Quality of Life Group project to assess elderly's quality of life;		Daily Spiritual Experience Scale
Sensory ability	R^† † R = Spearman's correlation coefficient;	-0.07
Sensory ability	p value^‡ ‡ p value = significance level;	0.4172
Autonomy	R^† † R = Spearman's correlation coefficient;	-0.10
Autonomy	p value^‡ ‡ p value = significance level;	0.2713
Past, present, and future activities	R^† † R = Spearman's correlation coefficient;	-0.28
Past, present, and future activities	p value^‡ ‡ p value = significance level;	0.0016
Social participation	R^† † R = Spearman's correlation coefficient;	-0.14
Social participation	p value^‡ ‡ p value = significance level;	0.1054
Death and dying	R^† † R = Spearman's correlation coefficient;	0.15
Death and dying	p value^‡ ‡ p value = significance level;	0.0992
Intimacy	R^† † R = Spearman's correlation coefficient;	-0.45
Intimacy	p value^‡ ‡ p value = significance level;	< ^§ § <= minor. 0.0001

Satisfaction With Life Scale aspects	Mean (standard deviation)
Physical health	2.69 (0.79)
Mental health	3.41 (0.81)
Physical capacity	2.63 (0.80)
Social involvement	3.01 (0.87)
Total score	2.93 (0.85)

Satisfaction With Life Scale aspects		Daily Spiritual Experience Scale
Mental health	R^* * R = Spearman's correlation coefficient;	-0.14
Mental health	p value^† † p value = significance level.	0.1115
Physical capacity	R^* * R = Spearman's correlation coefficient;	-0.05
Physical capacity	p value^† † p value = significance level.	0.5460
Social involvement	R^* * R = Spearman's correlation coefficient;	-0.28
Social involvement	p value^† † p value = significance level.	0.0014

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[1] Corresponding author: Karina Aparecida Lopes da Costa. karina.costa@unifesp.br