Factors related to spiritual health in Chinese haemodialysis patients: A multicentre cross-sectional study.
Yingjun Zhang, Guifang Xue, Yunlan Chen and 2 others
PMID 32802374WHAT IT FOUND
Higher hope, better family function and greater illness acceptance were associated with better spiritual health scores in 418 Chinese haemodialysis patients.
Ethnic minority patients scored higher than Han patients.
Key findings
01Hope, family function and illness acceptance were positively correlated with spiritual health (r = .63, r = .66 and r = .37).
02Ethnic minority patients averaged 37.84 on the spiritual health scale, while Han patients averaged 29.24.
03Nationality, hope, family function and illness acceptance positively predicted spiritual health scores.
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What it does not show
The sample was a convenience sample from three hospitals in Sichuan, so it may not represent haemodialysis patients in China. The study was cross-sectional, so it reports associations, not changes caused by an intervention. Some groups in the table were very small, including 3 patients with public expense payment and 6 self-paying patients, so those comparisons are limited.
Declared interests
The authors declare no conflict of interest. The supplied publication types list non-U.S. government research support, but the article text does not name a funding source.
The easy way to misread this
Do not treat hope, family function or illness acceptance as proven causes of better spiritual health. This was a cross-sectional survey, and it did not test an intervention.