Testing of a (Spiritual) Self-Assessment Tool ((S)SAT) in a Community Hospital Setting

Abstract

The (Spiritual) Self-Assessment Tool Study was designed to test the novel engagement tool’s effectiveness. Providing the (Spiritual) Self-Assessment Tool Study to newly admitted medical patients led to few instances where the tool was completed. Nevertheless, the (Spiritual) Self-Assessment Tool Study patient questionnaire generated significant secondary findings: a third of responding patients consider their hospital care incomplete without their care team having access to (Spiritual) Self-Assessment Tool data. Nursing staff also desire this data, but are unable to access it without the (Spiritual) Self-Assessment Tool or an equivalent source.

Keywords

Inter-professional self-assessment spiritual screening and history-taking spiritual engagement

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