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The relationship between nurse-patient interaction and meaning-in-life in cognitively intact nursing home patients
1Faculty of Nursing, Research Centre for Health Promotion and Resources, HIST & NTNU, Sør-Trøndelag University College, Trondheim, Norway.
Aim:
To investigate the associations between nurse-patient interaction and meaning-in-life in a nursing home population.
Background:
Meaning has been found to be a strong individual predictor of successful ageing and life satisfaction as well as an important psychological variable that promotes well-being. Meaning seems to serve as a mediating variable in both psychological and physical health. Connecting and communicating with others have been seen to facilitate meaning-in-life among older individuals.
Design:
Cross-sectional descriptive study.
Methods:
The data were collected in 2008-2009 using the Nurse-Patient Interaction Scale and the Purpose-in-Life test. A total of 250 cognitively intact nursing home patients met the inclusion criteria and 202 (81%) participated. A structural equation model of the hypothesized relationship between nurse-patient interaction and meaning was tested by means of LISREL 8.8.
Findings:
The structural equation model fit well with the data. A significant direct relationship between nurse-patient interaction and meaning-in-life in cognitively intact nursing home patients was displayed.
Conclusion:
Nurse-patient interaction significantly relates to meaning and purpose-in-life among cognitively intact nursing home patients and might be an important resource in relation to the patient's mental health and global well-being. High-quality nurse-patient interaction and in-house activities aiming to increase patients' meaning might increase psychological and physical health, well-being and psycho-spiritual functioning in this vulnerable population.
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