What is it about?
To explain the mechanisms by which these variables are linked, this cross-sectional study tested a causal model of predictors of spiritual well-being among 377 institutionalized older adults with disability using a structural equation modelling approach.
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Why is it important?
Older adults in residential settings frequently suffer from functional decline, mental illness, and social isolation, which make them more vulnerable to spiritual distress. However, empirical evidence of the interrelationships between physiopsychosocial variables and spiritual well-being are still lacking, limiting the application of the biopsychosocial–spiritual model in institutional health care practice.
Perspectives
This study results confirms the effect of physiopsychosocial factors on institutionalized older adults’ spiritual well-being. However, the presence and level of functional disability do not necessarily influence spiritual well-being in late life unless it is disruptive to social relationships and is thus bound to lead to low perceived social support and the onset of depression.
Yi-Heng Chen
Mackay Medical College
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This page is a summary of: The Relationship of Physiopsychosocial Factors and Spiritual Well-Being in Elderly Residents: Implications for Evidence-Based Practice, Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing, May 2017, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/wvn.12243.
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