TY - JOUR
T1 - The Influence of Parents' Religiosity or Spirituality on Decision Making for Their Critically Ill Child
T2 - An Integrative Review
AU - Uveges, Melissa Kurtz
AU - Hamilton, Jill B.
AU - Depriest, Kelli
AU - Boss, Renee
AU - Hinds, Pamela S.
AU - Nolan, Marie T.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
PY - 2019/11
Y1 - 2019/11
N2 - Background: Religion and/or spirituality are important values for many parents of critically ill children; however, how religion and/or spirituality may influence which treatments parents accept or decline for their child, or how they respond to significant events during their child's illness treatment, remains unclear. Objective: To summarize the literature related to the influence of parents' religiosity or spirituality on decision making for their critically ill child. Design: Integrative review, using the Whittemore and Knafl approach. Setting/Subjects: Data were collected from studies identified through PubMed, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL plus), Embase, Scopus, and PsychInfo. Databases were searched to identify literature published between 1996 and 2016. Results: Twenty-four articles of variable methodological quality met inclusion criteria. Analysis generated three themes: parents' religiosity or spirituality as (1) guidance during decision making, (2) comfort and support during the decision-making process, and (3) a source of meaning, purpose, and connectedness in the experience of decision making. Conclusion: This review suggests that parents' religiosity and/or spirituality is an important and primarily positive influence on their decision making for a critically ill child.
AB - Background: Religion and/or spirituality are important values for many parents of critically ill children; however, how religion and/or spirituality may influence which treatments parents accept or decline for their child, or how they respond to significant events during their child's illness treatment, remains unclear. Objective: To summarize the literature related to the influence of parents' religiosity or spirituality on decision making for their critically ill child. Design: Integrative review, using the Whittemore and Knafl approach. Setting/Subjects: Data were collected from studies identified through PubMed, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL plus), Embase, Scopus, and PsychInfo. Databases were searched to identify literature published between 1996 and 2016. Results: Twenty-four articles of variable methodological quality met inclusion criteria. Analysis generated three themes: parents' religiosity or spirituality as (1) guidance during decision making, (2) comfort and support during the decision-making process, and (3) a source of meaning, purpose, and connectedness in the experience of decision making. Conclusion: This review suggests that parents' religiosity and/or spirituality is an important and primarily positive influence on their decision making for a critically ill child.
KW - decision making
KW - integrative review
KW - intensive/critical care
KW - spirituality
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U2 - 10.1089/jpm.2019.0154
DO - 10.1089/jpm.2019.0154
M3 - Review article
C2 - 31369318
AN - SCOPUS:85074305459
SN - 1096-6218
VL - 22
SP - 1455
EP - 1467
JO - Journal of palliative medicine
JF - Journal of palliative medicine
IS - 11
ER -