The Individual Coaching Improves Spiritually Muslim Patients Hospitalized

Comparing the Effectiveness of Individual Coaching, Self-Coaching, and Group Training: How Leadership Makes the Difference

Few empirical studies have used a randomized controlled design to evaluate the impact of coaching, and there are even fewer that have compared coaching with other interventions. In the current field study, we investigated the relative effectiveness of coaching as an intervention to reduce procrastination. In a randomized controlled study, participants (N = 84) were assigned to an individual coa...

Pastoral care for mentally and spiritually confused patients.

Palliative care for Muslim patients.

The Islamic teachings encourage Muslims to seek treatment when they fall sick. The Prophet (pbuh) said “Seek treatment, because Allah did not send down a sickness but has sent down a medication for it—known to those who know it and not known to others—except for death.”6 In terms of treatment options, Muslim patients resort to modern medicine, spiritual healing, and traditional healing practice...

Interest in spiritually integrated psychotherapy among acute psychiatric patients.

OBJECTIVE Spiritually integrated psychotherapy (SIP) is increasingly common, though systematic assessment of interest in such treatments, and predictors of such interest, has not yet been conducted among acute psychiatric patients. METHODS We conducted a survey with 253 acute psychiatric patients (95-99% response rate) at a private psychiatric hospital in Eastern Massachusetts to assess for i...

Point-of-care ultrasonography improves the diagnosis of splenomegaly in hospitalized patients

BACKGROUND It is important to detect splenomegaly as it can have important diagnostic implications. Previous studies, however, have shown that the traditional physical examination is limited in its ability to rule in or rule out splenomegaly. OBJECTIVE To determine if performing point-of-care ultrasonography (POCUS) in addition to the traditional physical examination improves the sensitivity ...