Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Spirituality and Religion: A Systematic Review 1990–2015

Sango, Precious Nonye; Forrester‐Jones, Rachel

doi:10.1080/23312521.2017.1317224

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“…Cumulative evidence points to a positive contribution of spirituality to the health and well-being of the individual, family, and community [ 18 , 47 , 49 , 50 ], and spirituality plays a significant role in stressful work circumstances [ 51 ]. Nevertheless, nurses’ interpretations of spirituality in nursing practice vary widely [ 4 , 47 ]. Spirituality is an umbrella term covering an extensive array of personal meanings, interpretations, and associations [ 28 ].…”

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“…Consequently, nurses commonly care for patients from diverse religious backgrounds. According to the literature, people with and without religious convictions report the need for and benefits of spiritual support in healthcare [ 2 , 3 , 4 ]. Growing attention to spiritual aspects of care exists even within highly secular societal environments [ 5 ].…”

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Spirituality and Religious Diversity in Nursing: A Scoping Review

Murgia

Notarnicola²,

Caruso

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Healthcare

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Spirituality is a common theme in the field of healthcare research. This study aimed to examine nurses’ perceptions of spirituality in the context of the religious diversity of patients in pluri-religious settings. We performed a scoping review following the methodology on studies conducted between 2010 and 2020. We searched the following databases: CINAHL Plus, PubMed, and PsycINFO. For the identification of grey literature, the OpenGrey database was used. In total, 789 articles were reviewed. Of these, 16 met predetermined inclusion criteria. Two main overarching themes emerged from our inductive analysis: (a) the intertwining of spirituality and spiritual care in diverse religious landscapes and (b) obstacles impeding the inclusion of spiritual care in pluri-religious settings. According to our results, nurses consider that spirituality is interconnected with spiritual care for individuals from different religious backgrounds. Interpretations of spirituality in nursing practice vary widely, with spirituality and religiosity often shaped and influenced by culture and the experience of the professionals. Nurses attribute various meanings to spiritual care, most of which center on respecting personal, interpersonal, and relational aspects of religious and cultural beliefs and practices. Lack of education and specific skills, insufficient time, role ambiguity, and different religious beliefs were identified as hurdles to spiritual care. A poor work environment, a lack of patient privacy, including personal space, and a lack of compassion were also reported as deterrents to spiritual healing. More knowledge and training on different religions and spirituality are required to meet patients’ spiritual needs to better overcome these hurdles.

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Spirituality and Religious Diversity in Nursing: A Scoping Review

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Notarnicola²,

Caruso

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Healthcare

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“…These findings are consonant with those from previous studies from various parts of the world, showing, in multiple contexts, that there are a range of explanations for the causes of ID (Aldersey et al 2014 ; Scior & Furnham 2011 ; Scior et al 2015 ; Treloar 2002 ). Participants in the studies we reviewed used both western and indigenous health systems, but this is not a feature of African parents in particular – throughout the world, people seek to understand ID in a range of ways and may make use of a range of help, including services based on spiritual beliefs quite at odds with biomedical services (Sango & Forrester-Jones 2017 ).…”

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African families’ and caregivers’ experiences of raising a child with intellectual disability: A narrative synthesis of qualitative studies

Mkabile

Garrun

Shelton

et al. 2021

African Journal of Disability

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“…Yet research (e.g. Turner et al, 2004;Sango and Forrester-Jones, 2017); practice (see Carter, Biggs, and Boehm, 2016;Sango and Forrester-Jones, 2019;Bartelli et al, 2020) and policy (Sango and Forrester-Jones, 2014;Whiting and Gurbai, 2015) indicate that little attention has been paid to this aspect of people's lives; whilst the spiritual rights of children are recognised in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) they do not feature in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) (see Whiting and Gurbai, 2015).…”

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Spirituality and the Quality of Life of Individuals with Intellectual Disability

Sango¹,

Forrester‐Jones

2022

Journal of Long Term Care

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Context: Spirituality seems to form part of person-centred care planning and needs assessment of persons with intellectual disability. Yet, the role of spiritually in relation to their quality of life (QoL) has scarcely been investigated.Objective: This paper reports on an exploration of the extent to which spiritual belief and practice was linked to individuals' perception of quality of life in two types of care servicesone a faith-based provider, the other a non-faith based service.Method: A mixed-methods approach utilising the Quality Of Life Questionnaire (QOLQ) and the a brief spiritual beliefs inventory for use in quality of life research (Systems of Belief Inventory -15R) was used to interview people with intellectual disabilities (or, if they lacked capacity, their formal carers) who lived in their respective service for a long time.Findings: Participants living in the faith-based care service recorded higher mean and median scores on the QOLQ compared to their colleagues who resided in the non-faith based care service. Further analysis indicated significant correlations between the spirituality measure and most of the QOLQ domains. Limitations:The study sample of 36 makes generalisations difficult and our initial intention to include a range of faith traditions were unsuccessful.Implications: Further academic studies exploring spiritual issues for people with intellectual disabilities are needed, as well as clearer policy and practice guidelines and a willingness on the part of services to support this aspect of life.

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Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Spirituality and Religion: A Systematic Review 1990–2015

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Cited by 14 publications

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Spirituality and Religious Diversity in Nursing: A Scoping Review

Spirituality and Religious Diversity in Nursing: A Scoping Review

African families’ and caregivers’ experiences of raising a child with intellectual disability: A narrative synthesis of qualitative studies

Spirituality and the Quality of Life of Individuals with Intellectual Disability

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