Determination Of Contributors Affecting Students’awareness Of Spiritual Care In A Faculty Of Health Sciences

Abstract

This research was carried out using a cross-sectional and descriptive design in order to determine the factors affecting the awareness of spiritual care in students studying in the Faculty of Health Sciences. The population of the research consisted of a total of 802 nursing students in the 2018-2019 academic year. The research sample consisted of 453 (56.48%) nursing students who completed the research forms The questionnaire used in the research consisted of two parts (Sociodemographic Data Collection Form, Spiritual Care Awareness Scale). In evaluation of the data the shapiro-wilk test was used. The mann-whitney u test was used in paired group comparisons and the kruskal wallis test in multiple group comparisons. The students’ average spiritual care awareness score was found to be 51.36±8.96, which was high. As a result of the statistical analysis, it was determined that there was a statistically significant correlation between students’ age, sex and type of high school they graduated from and their score average of spiritual care awareness. As a result, it was determined that nursing students had a higher total score average of spiritual care awareness. This result shows that nursing students have a certain level of positive morale and spiritual care perception.