Journal article
Self-compassion In Hospice and Palliative Care: A Systematic Integrative Review
Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing, Vol.23(2), pp.145-154
2021
PMID: 33496528
Abstract
Those involved with hospice and palliative care, including nurses, will inevitably experience or be exposed to suffering. Self-compassion represents a personal resource and support for self-care, ensuring that needs are not neglected particularly during times of suffering. However, the empirical evidence for self-compassion in hospice and palliative care is yet to be reviewed systematically. To synthesize the evidence on self-compassion in hospice and palliative care patients, their relatives, and health care professionals, we conducted a systematic integrative review using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses statement. For patients, self-compassion was associated with reduced stress, anxiety, shame, depressive symptoms, fear of cancer recurrence, and loneliness. It was also associated with increased social capital, self-soothing, mindfulness, compassion, causal reasoning ability, psychosocial and spiritual well-being, legacy, courage, and commitment. For health care professionals, self-compassion was associated with increased capacity for self-care, mindfulness, and professional quality of life and a decrease in perceived burnout risk and secondary traumatic stress. No studies were found to involve patients' relatives. Self-compassion seems to be an important resource in hospice and palliative care. It supports self-care and alleviates suffering by improving the social, psychosocial, and spiritual well-being of patients and health care professionals, including hospice and palliative care nurses. Future research should include care patients' relatives.
Details
- Title
- Self-compassion In Hospice and Palliative Care: A Systematic Integrative Review
- Authors
- Ana Cláudia Mesquita Garcia (Author) - Universidade Federal de AlfenasBrenda Domingues Silva (Author) - Universidade Federal de AlfenasLetícia Cristine Oliveira da Silva (Author) - Universidade Federal de AlfenasJason Mills (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine - Legacy
- Publication details
- Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing, Vol.23(2), pp.145-154
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- DOI
- 10.1097/NJH.0000000000000727
- ISSN
- 1539-0705
- PMID
- 33496528
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine - Legacy; School of Health - Nursing
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99509508102621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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