- Library Home /
- Search Collections /
- Open Collections /
- Browse Collections /
- UBC Theses and Dissertations /
- Spirituality and depression : the role of spirituality...
Open Collections
UBC Theses and Dissertations
UBC Theses and Dissertations
Spirituality and depression : the role of spirituality in the process of recovering from depression Rajakumar, Sarojni
Abstract
Increasingly, nurses and other health care providers promote holistic care options and there is, correspondingly, a growing trend towards recognizing and advocating the inclusion of spirituality in patient care. However, the understanding and provision of spiritual care in psychiatric nursing practice, especially how spirituality helps in recovering from depression has not kept pace with this trend. Given the increasing recognition of the influence of spirituality in health and healing, a deeper understanding of how spirituality helps patients recover from depression would be of value to health care professionals in the provision of care. The purpose of this study was to explore the role of spirituality in recovering from depression, and to develop a greater understanding of how spirituality affects the recovery process of depression. Significant knowledge can be gained from participant's stories of what spirituality means to them and how it has helped them to recovery from depression. Thus the research design utilized for this study was qualitative narrative inquiry, as outlined by (Lieblich, Tuval-Mashiach and Zilber, 1998). Eight face to face interviews were conducted with individuals who identified themselved as having depression and who indentified that spirituality has helped them in recovering from depression. The findings of this study revealed that spirituality played a significant role for the participants in their recovery from depression. The study also revealed that spirituality was experienced as connections (god/higher power, self, others, and nature), and through these connections participants found meaning and purpose in their lives. The implications for this study is that it will inform nurses, nurse educators, and other health care practitioners of the importance of patients spirituality in the course of their recovery from depression. This information will also enable nurses to assess clients spiritual needs and provide an atmosphere for clients to express their spirituality. The findings of the study will contribute to nurses providing formal and informal spiritual interventions when caring for patients who are depressed.
Item Metadata
Title |
Spirituality and depression : the role of spirituality in the process of recovering from depression
|
Creator | |
Publisher |
University of British Columbia
|
Date Issued |
2005
|
Description |
Increasingly, nurses and other health care providers promote holistic care
options and there is, correspondingly, a growing trend towards recognizing and
advocating the inclusion of spirituality in patient care. However, the
understanding and provision of spiritual care in psychiatric nursing practice,
especially how spirituality helps in recovering from depression has not kept pace
with this trend. Given the increasing recognition of the influence of spirituality in
health and healing, a deeper understanding of how spirituality helps patients
recover from depression would be of value to health care professionals in the
provision of care. The purpose of this study was to explore the role of spirituality
in recovering from depression, and to develop a greater understanding of how
spirituality affects the recovery process of depression.
Significant knowledge can be gained from participant's stories of what
spirituality means to them and how it has helped them to recovery from
depression. Thus the research design utilized for this study was qualitative
narrative inquiry, as outlined by (Lieblich, Tuval-Mashiach and Zilber, 1998). Eight
face to face interviews were conducted with individuals who identified
themselved as having depression and who indentified that spirituality has helped
them in recovering from depression.
The findings of this study revealed that spirituality played a significant role
for the participants in their recovery from depression. The study also revealed that
spirituality was experienced as connections (god/higher power, self, others, and
nature), and through these connections participants found meaning and purpose
in their lives. The implications for this study is that it will inform nurses, nurse
educators, and other health care practitioners of the importance of patients
spirituality in the course of their recovery from depression. This information will
also enable nurses to assess clients spiritual needs and provide an atmosphere
for clients to express their spirituality. The findings of the study will contribute to
nurses providing formal and informal spiritual interventions when caring for
patients who are depressed.
|
Genre | |
Type | |
Language |
eng
|
Date Available |
2009-12-11
|
Provider |
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
|
Rights |
For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https://open.library.ubc.ca/terms_of_use.
|
DOI |
10.14288/1.0092005
|
URI | |
Degree | |
Program | |
Affiliation | |
Degree Grantor |
University of British Columbia
|
Graduation Date |
2005-05
|
Campus | |
Scholarly Level |
Graduate
|
Aggregated Source Repository |
DSpace
|
Item Media
Item Citations and Data
Rights
For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https://open.library.ubc.ca/terms_of_use.