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Impact of an online spiritual care course on perceived competency in spiritual care of students in social and health care professions / Wirksamkeit eines Online-Spiritual Care-Seminars auf die wahrgenommene Spiritual Care-Kompetenz bei Studierenden in Sozial- und Gesundheitsberufen

Susanne Magin
Susanne Magin
, 
Eckhard Frick
Eckhard Frick
 and 
Kathrin Maier
Kathrin Maier
   | Oct 14, 2022
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Published Online: Oct 14, 2022
Page range: 127 - 138
Received: Sep 24, 2021
Accepted: Aug 05, 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ijhp-2022-0008
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Outcome variables.
Outcome variables.

Mean, standard deviations, and repeated measures analyses of variances (ANOVA) in spiritual care competency measures at baseline (T0) and after (T1) intervention (Intervention Group) or interim interval (Comparison Group).

Measures IG (n = 78) CG (n = 67) Time by intervention Effecta Partial η2
M (T0) SD (T0) M (T1) SD (T1) M (T0) SD (T0) M (T1) SD (T1)
Primary outcomes
Spiritual care competency areas (12-ksa)
Knowledge 6.08 1.70 7.96 1.14 5.39 1.67 5.66 1.64 F (1, 142) = 28.95*** 0.17
Skills 6.23 1.57 7.56 1.33 5.56 1.69 5.84 1.57 F (1, 142) = 15.53*** 0.10
Attitudes 7.77 1.34 8.84 1.01 6.88 1.98 7.02 1.74 F (1, 142) = 11.13*** 0.07
Spiritual care competency facets (SCCQ)
Perceptual competence 3.09 0.49 3.26 0.41 2.81 0.59 2.79 0.59 F (1, 143) = 3.61 0.03
Team-spirit 1.75 0.63 2.09 0.70 1.56 0.58 1.66 0.60 F (1, 142) = 4.38* 0.03
Documentation competence 1.40 0.62 2.84 0.85 1.22 0.40 1.37 0.46 F (1, 143) = 87.45*** 0.38
Self-awareness and proactive opening 2.71 0.61 2.93 0.53 2.18 0.67 2.24 0.63 F (1, 141) = 3.29 0.02
Knowledge about other religions 2.79 0.55 3.05 0.61 2.80 0.70 2.60 0.58 F (1, 140) = 17.46*** 0.11
Competence in conversation technique 3.45 0.60 3.53 0.47 3.27 0.62 3.22 0.61 F (1, 140) = 1.71 0.01
Proactive empowerment competence 2.75 0.67 3.03 0.58 2.27 0.79 2.30 0.72 F (1, 141) = 3.46 0.02
Secondary outcomes
Spirituality-based component: Spiritual sensitivity (SSS)
Awareness sensing 3.90 0.85 4.04 0.72 3.75 0.75 3.66 0.80 F (1, 142) = 6.27* 0.04
Mystery sensing 4.06 0.57 4.12 0.61 3.79 0.59 3.75 0.65 F (1, 142) = 1.10 0.01
Value sensing 4.40 0.67 3.75 0.65 3.76 0.88 3.76 0.77 F (1, 141) = 3.26 0.02
Community sensing 3.94 0.84 3.85 0.84 3.34 0.90 3.39 0.94 F (1, 141) = 1.30 0.01
Care-based component: Empathy (SPF) 3.79 0.36 3.80 0.39 3.67 0.38 3.67 0.44 F (1, 143) = 0.03 0.00
Competence-based component: General self-efficacy (GSES) 2.88 0.45 3.00 0.39 2.90 0.44 2.91 0.37 F (1, 143) = 5.71* 0.04

Reliability of scales.

Measures Pre-test (Cronbach's α) Post-test (Cronbach's α)
IG CG IG CG
Spiritual care competency areas (12-ksa) .63 – .68 .57 – .75 .60 – .71 .57 – .72
Spiritual care competency facets (SCCQ) .45 – .93 .46 – .78 .55 – .93 .31 – .79
Spiritual sensitivity (SSS) .42 – .74 .30 – .72 .56 – .77 .50 – .72
Empathy (SPF) .60 – .81 .59 – .77 .59 – .80 .70 – .79
General self-efficacy (GSES) .88 .88 .87 .86

Description of study population.

Variables IG, n = 78 CG, n = 67 p
Age in years, mean (SD; range) 26.6 (8.2; 19–56) 25.0 (6.9; 19–52) .90 (t = .90) 2
Nationality*: German, % 92% 96% .54 (χ2 = 1,24)1
Gender*: female, n (%) 63 (81%) 50 (75%) .13 (χ2 = 4.04) 1
Marital status*, % .85 (χ2 = 1.38) 1
single 68% 69%
married 16% 15%
Study subject*, n (%) .00 (χ2 = 66.67) 1
medicine 12 (15%)
nursing science 5 (6%)
theology/religious education 14 (18%)
healthcare sciences 6 (8%)
social work 31 (39%) 67 (100%)
others (psychology, philosophy/medical ethics) 6 (8%)
Semesters studied, mean (SD) 5.5 (2.7) 4.7 (2.0) 1.82 (t = .07)2
Previous vocational trainingIn healthcare sector, % 31% 27% .32 (χ2 = 2.27) 1
Self-assessed religiosity/spirituality (1 = not at all, 6 = completely true), mean (SD)
spiritual 4.6 (1.3) 3.7 (1.3) .00 (t = 4.35)2
religious 4.2 (1.4) 3.4 (1.4) .00 (t = 3.10)2
Religious preference, % .25 (χ2 = 6.67) 1
Catholic 64% 48%
Protestant 15% 28%
Muslim 3% 2%
other 3% 3%
none 12% 18%
Familiarity with spiritual care, % 27% 7% .00 (χ2 = 9.38) 1
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