Can a spiritual care course make nurses more compassionate?
NCT ID NCT07675707
First seen Jun 30, 2026 · Last updated Jul 01, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests a training program that teaches nurses how to address patients' spiritual needs. About 80 nurses from a hospital in Turkey will be split into two groups: one receives the training, the other does not. Researchers will measure changes in the nurses' spiritual well-being, their perceptions of spiritual care, and their competence in providing it, using surveys before, right after, and one month after the training.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Spiritual Care Counseling Training
- What this could lead to
- If effective, this training could help nurses better support patients' emotional and spiritual needs, potentially improving overall care quality.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, single-hospital study in Turkey, so results may not apply broadly. The training's impact on actual patient outcomes is not directly measured.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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82 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jun 2024
- Finished
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Feb 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
\*\*Inclusion Criteria:\*\* * Volunteering to participate in the study * Working as a nurse at the hospital where the study is conducted * Having at least one year of professional nursing experience * Not having previously received spiritual care counseling training \*\*Exclusion Criteria:\*\* * Refusing to participate in the study * Not being present at the hospital during the data collection period * Working in a position other than nurse at the hospital * Having previously participated in spiritual care counseling training * Working in the education unit * Working as a nurse manager or in an administrative position * Providing incomplete or incorrectly completed questionnaires
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University, Faculty of Health Sciences
Rize, Turkey (Türkiye)