| Abstract | UVOD: Duhovnost, religiozna vjerovanja i prakse mogu imati značajan utjecaj na način na koji se pojedinac suočava s uznapredovalom bolešću koja je ponekad popraćena patnjom. CILJ: Primarni cilj istraživanja je utvrditi postoji li povezanost između psihološkog distresa i duhovnih potreba kroničnih bolesnika. METODE: Istraživanje je provedeno anketnim upitnikom na 210 kroničnih bolesnika. Metoda istraživanja je kvanitativna, u istraživanju se koristio upitnik sastavljen za potrebe ovog istraživanja kojim su se prikupili sociodemografski podatci ispitanika i životne navike te već postojeći upitnici u sklopu projekta PSY-C evaluacije psihološkog distresa i duhovnih dimenzija osoba s kroničnim bolestima: Upitnik duhovne dobrobiti (SHALOM), Ljestvica opisa duhovnih potreba i zadovoljstva životom (BMLSS), Kratki popis simptoma (BSI), Upitnik pridržavanja uzimanja lijekova (MMAS-8), Ljestvica duhovnih potreba (SpNQ). REZULTATI: U provedenom istraživanju od 210 ispitanika (63,3% muškaraca, prosječna dob 69,54 godina, Sd=9,76, raspon 37-89) među kojima je velika većina (96,2%) navela da pripada nekoj od religija. Razina duhovne dobrobiti je iznimno visoka među sudionicima (x̅ =4,54; Sd=0,63), no pored nje visoka razina zadovoljstva životom je isto zamijećena (95,2%). Rezultati su pokazali da sudionici imaju znatno povišene egzistencijalne duhovne potrebe (x̅ =2,53; Sd=0,71) te u nešto manjoj mjeri duhovne potrebe nesebičnog sebedarja (x̅ =2,16; Sd=0,55) i unutarnjeg spokoja (x̅ =2,20; Sd=0,74). Postoji statistički značajna razlika u domenama duhovne dobrobiti kod muškaraca (p< 0,05) te statistički značajna korelacija bračnog statusa ispitanika (udani/oženjeni) i zadovoljstva životom, dok je kod udovaca/udovica i rastavljenih društvena domena i ukupna duhovna dobrobit bila najviše izražena. Religioznost, a posebno pripadnost katoličkoj i pravoslavnoj vjeri je značajno povezana sa svim domenama duhovne dobrobiti (p=0,01). Analizom podataka utvrđena je korelacija između psihološkog distresa i duhovne dobrobiti kao i psihološkog distresa i zadovoljstva životom. ZAKLJUČAK: Istraživanje je pokazalo da postoji niska korelacija između psihološkog distresa i duhovnih potreba kroničnih bolesnika. |
| Abstract (english) | INTRODUCTION: Spirituality, religious beliefs and practices might have significant impactt on how an individual copes with chronic illness sometimes followed by suffering. AIM: The primary aim of this research is to determine whether there is an association between psychological distress and spiritual needs of patients with chronic diseases. METHODS: The research was conducted by a questionnaire among 210 chronic patients who were hospitalized in different departments of the General Hospital "Dr. Ivo Pedišić" in Sisak, Retirement Home Sisak, and among other persons suffering from chronic diseases who are not hospitalized and live in Sisak . The research method is quantitative, the research used the questionnaire Sociodemographic questions (18 items) compiled for the purposes of this research and existing questionnaires within the project PSY-C evaluation of psychological distress and spiritual dimensions of people with chronic diseases: Spiritual Well-Being Questionnaire (SHALOM), Breif Multidimensional Life Satisfaction Scale (BMLSS), Breif Symptom Inventory (BSI), Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (MMAS-8), Spiritual Needs Questionnaire (SpNQ) . RESULTS: In the conducted research, out of 210 participants, 133 (63,3%) participants are male and 77 (36,7%) are female. The minimum age value was 37 years while the maximum value was 89 years. Among the participants, 96,2% of them stated that they belong to one of the religions. The level of spiritual well-being is extremely high among the participants (x̅ = 4,54; Sd = 0,63), but next to it a high level of life satisfaction was also observed (95,2%). The results showed that the participants have significantly increased existential spiritual needs (x̅ = 2,53; Sd = 0,71) and to a lesser extent the spiritual needs of selfless self-giving (x̅ = 2,16; Sd = 0,55) and inner peace (x̅ = 2,20; Sd = 0,74). There is statistically significant difference among the spiritual wellbeing domains among men (p< 0,05), and statisitically significant correlation of the marital status (married/single) and life satisfaction, while among widow/s and divorced the sociial domain dominated. The religosity, and in particular among catholics and orthodox is significantly connected with all spiritual wellbeing domains (p=0,01). The data analysis confirmed the correlation between psychological distress and spiritual wellbeing, as between psychological distress and life sastisfaction. CONCLUSION: Research has demonstrated that there is low correlation between psychological distress and the spiritual needs of chronic patients. |
