Background: People seeking fertility treatment are exposed to numerous stressors and many professionals are involved in their care. Most patients undergoing health interventions feel stress at some point in the process, but for infertile patients, this is pronounced. Patients who feel stressed are not experiencing wellbeing, so the role of the fertility nurse/midwife in alleviating stress and p...

as in most countries men enjoy a higher level of financial prosperity and prestige of employment, it is reasonably expected that they should enjoy a higher level of subjective well-being as well, but the results of a number of studies as well as world values surveys surprisingly indicate the opposite—that gender privileges with respect to subjective well-being in many countries are higher in wo...

This paper reports on a survey completed by Chaplains, Religious Education and Student Welfare Coordinators in State, Catholic and Independent schools in Victoria. Results from this survey support the model of spiritual well-being, which was seen to be reflected in the quality of relationships that people develop with themselves, others, the environment, and with a Transcendent Other. The staff...

OBJECTIVE The present study aimed to investigate the effects of spiritual well-being and family protective factors on the family strength in a propositional structural model. METHODS The research population consisted of all the married people of the Isfahan, Iran, in 2012 with preschool-aged children and in the first decade of marriage with at least eight grades of educational level. Three hu...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the spiritual well-being of nurses; to appraise their opinions as to the importance of offering patients spiritual assistance, and to verify whether nurses received any specific type of preparation during their professional training for giving spiritual assistance to patients. METHODS This is an exploratory and descriptive study, carried out with a sample of 30 nurses w...

The Siddha system is a unique and historical medical system of south India with strong philosophical foundation behind its medical science. According to Siddhars, a healthy living indicates not only physical health but also social and spiritual well being which will remain as a tool to attain the “Éternal bliss.”Urolithiasis (Kalladaippu) is recognized as one of the painful diseases since ancie...

With increasing interest in the use of urban green space to promote human health, there is a need to understand the extent to which park users conceptualize these places as a resource for health and well-being. This study sought to examine park users' own reasons for and benefits from green space usage and compare these with concepts and constructs in existing person-environment-health theories...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To discuss the impact of cancer on families of patients with cancer. DATA SOURCES National reports on caregiving and research articles related to cancer and families. DATA SYNTHESIS Family caregivers are the bedrock of chronic care in the United States. They provide an enormous amount of unpaid care that is often invisible. Cancer can affect the emotional, social, physica...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To review literature about oncology and nononcology nurses' attitudes toward spiritual care and the way that their spiritual well-being influences those attitudes. DATA SOURCES Published research and literature review articles, books, master's theses, and doctoral dissertations. DATA SYNTHESIS Spiritual considerations play an important part in the lives of patients with c...

Interpersonal relationships constitute the foundation on which human society is based. The infant-caregiver bond is the earliest and most influential of these relationships. Driven by evolutionary pressure for survival, parents feel compelled to provide care to their biological offspring. However, compassion for non-kin is also ubiquitous in human societies, motivating individuals to suppress t...