title: Spiritual support interventions in nursing care for patients suffering death anxiety in the final phase of life.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate which activities from the 'Spiritual Support' intervention of the Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) are used in patients with the nursing diagnosis 'Death Anxiety' in the Czech Republic, and which activities could feasibly be implemented into practice.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study surveyed 468 Czech nurses using a quantitative questionnaire with Likert scales.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The most frequently used activity was 'Treat individual with dignity and respect' and the least frequently used was 'Pray with the individual'. 'Treat individual with dignity and respect' was also thought to be the most feasible activity for Czech nursing practice. Significant differences were found between nurses working in hospices and those in other sites and between religious believers and non-believers.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Even in the secularised Czech Republic, nurses can make use of the NIC Spiritual Support intervention in end-of-life care.
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Helena
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kisvetrová
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Social Medicine and Health Policy, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacký University Olomouc.
authors.forename: Miloslav
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Klugar
authors.affiliation: Medical Director, St Josephs Hospice and Pain Centre, Rajhrad u Brna, and President, Czech Society for Palliative Medicine.
authors.forename: Ladislav
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kabelka
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001007:Anxiety / Q000451:nursing*; D001293:Attitude to Death; D018153:Czech Republic; D005260:Female; D006707:Homes for the Aged; D006738:Hospices; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000523:psychology*; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000523:psychology*; D010327:Pastoral Care; D010865:Pilot Projects; D029181:Spirituality; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000523:psychology*