OmegaPub Date : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2022-09-13DOI: 10.1177/00302228221124636
Melanie F J Diggle, Sue Schutz, Dan Butcher
{"title":"Bereaved Caregivers' Experiences of End of Life Care For People With Advanced Heart Failure: A Narrative Synthesis.","authors":"Melanie F J Diggle, Sue Schutz, Dan Butcher","doi":"10.1177/00302228221124636","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00302228221124636","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Heart Failure is a life-limiting condition with a poor and uniquely unpredictable prognosis. The aim of this review is to present and synthesise the current evidence around bereaved caregivers' experiences of end of life care for people with Heart Failure.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A systematic review of the literature was conducted using four electronic databases (CINHAL, Medline, BND, PsycINFO). Data was analysed and presented using a narrative synthesis approach.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Eight articles were included within this review. Themes included: Limited and inadequate communication around the condition (including prognosis, preparations for death and the aim of palliative care), the burden of caregiving, and the limited provision of services and formal support.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Bereaved caregivers experience unique and significant challenges when caring for someone dying from Heart Failure. However, further research is required to greater understand the experiences of bereaved caregivers of people with Heart Failure.</p>","PeriodicalId":74338,"journal":{"name":"Omega","volume":" ","pages":"1581-1608"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11776357/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40363155","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
OmegaPub Date : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2022-09-22DOI: 10.1177/00302228221129423
Kent Tonkin
{"title":"It IS Who You Know: The Power of Supervisors in Awarding and Administering Bereavement Leave.","authors":"Kent Tonkin","doi":"10.1177/00302228221129423","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00302228221129423","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Within this study, the researcher explored the effect that supervisors have on the availability and flexibility of bereavement leave for employees who have experienced the death of a loved one. A qualitative phenomenological approach was applied in Zoom interviews of 23 participants who provided detailed feedback on their overall experience of managing personal and professional responsibilities during bereavement based on the ways that formal and informal policies were applied. Barclay and Kang's bereavement at work model guided a series of semi-structured interviews, and questions were based upon Bauer's questionnaire about grief in the workplace. A high number of participants (20/23) noted that their relationship with their supervisor either positively or negatively affected their experience with workplace bereavement policies. Four overall themes were noted: general importance of relationship with supervisor, supervisor flexibility in awarding leave, employee perception of organizational justice, and supervisor control of information.</p>","PeriodicalId":74338,"journal":{"name":"Omega","volume":" ","pages":"1820-1843"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"33469832","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
OmegaPub Date : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2022-08-27DOI: 10.1177/00302228221123159
Ayşe Tosun, Hale Tosun, Birgül Ödül Özkaya, Zeynep Erdoğan, Asiye Gül
{"title":"\"Sleep Quality and Depression Level in Nurses in COVID-19 Pandemic\".","authors":"Ayşe Tosun, Hale Tosun, Birgül Ödül Özkaya, Zeynep Erdoğan, Asiye Gül","doi":"10.1177/00302228221123159","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00302228221123159","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The COVID-19 spread rapidly all over the world and pandemic process has negatively affected nurses. Sleep disorders and depression are among these negative effects. Managers' awareness of problems experienced by nurses and taking precautions will increase employee and patient satisfaction and provide quality patient care. The study was conducted in descriptive, cross-sectional and correlational design to explain nurses' sleep quality and depression levels and relationship between them during the COVID-19 pandemic with 142 nurses who completed Personel Information Form, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and Beck Depression Index (BDI). Sleep quality of nurses (64.8%) was poor, 33.1% had depression, and high school education, having a chronic illness and PSQI score increased the risk of depression level of nurses. Results highlight COVID-19 pandemic affected nurses' sleep quality and depression levels. All managers should be pioneers in providing psychological support to nurses and preparing and implementing a program for prevention of insomnia and depression.</p>","PeriodicalId":74338,"journal":{"name":"Omega","volume":" ","pages":"1473-1490"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9424104/pdf/10.1177_00302228221123159.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"33445472","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
OmegaPub Date : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2022-09-22DOI: 10.1177/00302228221127824
Ryan M Sliwak, Minsun Lee, Michelle Hanna Collins
{"title":"Where Are They Now: The Narratives of Children Who Lost a Parent on 9/11.","authors":"Ryan M Sliwak, Minsun Lee, Michelle Hanna Collins","doi":"10.1177/00302228221127824","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00302228221127824","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>There is a paucity of literature examining the experiences of children who lost a parent on 9/11. The primarily quantitative research has not allowed for a deeper understanding of how children who lost a parent on 9/11 make meaning of their experiences, especially in the context of a national tragedy. This study investigates how eight children who were between the ages of 5 and 12 when they lost a parent on 9/11 developed a personal narrative about this loss in the context of the collective narrative about 9/11. Using narrative inquiry, cases demonstrated patterns of narrative development about grief, tragedy, and collective themes of American exceptionalism, patriotism, triumph, and resiliency. These cases highlight de-personalized narratives of grief, tension between the grand narrative provided to them and their personal story of loss, and distance between the reality of their loss and the collective meaning-making of the tragedy. This study extends Bronfenbrenner's (1977) ecological systems theory by highlighting how a lack of bidirectionality between larger social and cultural systems and the individual negatively impacts personal experiences of grief and loss.</p>","PeriodicalId":74338,"journal":{"name":"Omega","volume":" ","pages":"1767-1795"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"33470289","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Relationship of Death Anxiety With Quality of Life and Social Support in Hemodialysis Patients.","authors":"Masoomeh Jaberi, Tahereh Khaleghdoost Mohammadi, Masoomeh Adib, Saman Maroufizadeh, Sadra Ashrafi","doi":"10.1177/00302228221129672","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00302228221129672","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study aimed to determine the relationship of death anxiety with quality of life and social support in hemodialysis patients. This cross-sectional research was conducted on 226 patients with chronic renal failure. The results indicated that the means and standard deviations of MSPSS, QoL, and death anxiety of patients were 57.4 ± 10.1, 28.8 ± 5.9, and 42.5 ± 4.1, respectively. A significant negative correlation was found between QoL scores and death anxiety in hemodialysis patients (<i>p</i> = 0.007, r = -0.179). However, there was no statistically significant relationship between MSPSS scores and patients' death anxiety. The total score of patients' death anxiety decreased with increasing the total QoL score (<i>p</i> < 0.001, b = -0.18). Different variables that can affect death anxiety and QoL should be identified in the patient examination process. Also, the health care system should consider necessary planning to increase the QoL and reduce death anxiety.</p>","PeriodicalId":74338,"journal":{"name":"Omega","volume":" ","pages":"1894-1908"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"33482138","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
OmegaPub Date : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2022-09-26DOI: 10.1177/00302228221129372
Kari Dyregrov, Kristine B Titlestad, Lillian B Selseng
{"title":"Why Informal Support Fails for Siblings Bereaved by a Drug-Related Death: A Qualitative and Interactional Perspective.","authors":"Kari Dyregrov, Kristine B Titlestad, Lillian B Selseng","doi":"10.1177/00302228221129372","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00302228221129372","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Drug-related deaths constitute a significant challenge that strongly impacts the lives of the bereaved and the risks of mental and social problems are well-documented. This paper is the first one to explore how bereaved siblings experience informal support after drug-related deaths. Reflexive thematic analysis is used to analyze ten semi-structured interviews with bereaved siblings. Three main themes were identified: (1) <i>valued support</i> elaborates on the range of desired support and content of the support received; (2) <i>barriers to support</i> were connected to complex family relations, different grief reactions, and stigma, shame, and devaluation; (3) ways to promote support focus on openness and mutual closeness. The discussion revolves around the 'strong' sibling role, complex family relations, stigma, protective silence, and disenfranchised grief. Interactional aspects involved in social support and the importance of addressing this in clinical practice, to utilize the vital support potential for the bereaved experiencing drug-related death, are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":74338,"journal":{"name":"Omega","volume":" ","pages":"1844-1865"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11776349/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"33481750","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
OmegaPub Date : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2022-09-07DOI: 10.1177/00302228221125968
Mario Euseche, Antonio Muñoz-García
{"title":"An Exploration of Spirituality, Religion, and Suicidal Ideation Among Colombian Adolescents.","authors":"Mario Euseche, Antonio Muñoz-García","doi":"10.1177/00302228221125968","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00302228221125968","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study seeks to know if there is a relationship between measures of suicidal ideation and cognitive orientation towards spirituality, religious attitudes and beliefs, and religious practice. A non-experimental, descriptive, and correlational design, cross-sectional and quantitative approach was used. The sample was made up of 1372 adolescents, 59.2% female, 40.8% male, mean age 14.57, s = 1.75, range 12-17 years old, students from public schools in two cities in Colombia. The results indicated an inverse relationship between negative suicidal ideation (NSI) and cognitive orientation towards spirituality, beliefs and attitudes, and religious practice, and a positive relationship between them and positive suicidal ideation. The regression analysis showed the contribution of spirituality, religious beliefs, and attitudes in the prediction of NSI. In conclusion, the dimensions of spirituality and religiosity can help reduce suicidal thinking, acting as protective factors. The cultivation of a spiritual and/or religious life can be suitable and complementary ways as measures of prevention of suicidal behaviour.</p>","PeriodicalId":74338,"journal":{"name":"Omega","volume":" ","pages":"1650-1665"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40354078","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
OmegaPub Date : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2022-09-14DOI: 10.1177/00302228221126561
Robert A King
{"title":"The Near-Death Experience and Self-Determination Theory.","authors":"Robert A King","doi":"10.1177/00302228221126561","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00302228221126561","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>When people experience a near-death or life-threatening incident, they sometimes report an altered state of consciousness in which they have the perception of being out of or away from their physical body. During such an experience these individuals at times have the impression of encountering a spiritual personage who offers them a choice to stay or return to their physical life and/or attempts to motivate them to willingly do so, sometimes conflicting with a simultaneous desire to stay in that altered state of consciousness they perceive as the afterlife. This paper discusses how self-determination theory (SDT) is relevant to this process by meeting the experient's three basic psychological needs for relatedness, competence, and autonomy, resulting in various degrees of effectiveness. It concludes with a postulation that by doing so it may foster a continuing intrinsic motivation to live life well, resulting in a greater overall condition of psychological wellbeing.</p>","PeriodicalId":74338,"journal":{"name":"Omega","volume":" ","pages":"1738-1753"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40363922","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
OmegaPub Date : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2022-09-07DOI: 10.1177/00302228221126212
Gökçe Demir, Hilal Seki Öz
{"title":"Psychological Experiences of Elderly Patients With Covid-19 Diagnosis in Intensive Care: A Qualitative Study.","authors":"Gökçe Demir, Hilal Seki Öz","doi":"10.1177/00302228221126212","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00302228221126212","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In the study, it was aimed to determine the experiences of elderly COVID-19 patients hospitalized in intensive care units. The study was conducted based on the phenomenological design, one of the qualitative research methods. In-depth interviews were conducted using a semi-structured interview form with 15 participants, who were determined by the homogeneous and criterion sampling methods, two of the purposive sampling methods. Data were analyzed using Colaizzi's seven-step method. After the interviews, four themes were determined: intensive care experiences, importance of nursing care, intensive care environment and coping mechanisms related to COVID-19 disease, and post-intensive care realizations. In addition, 13 sub-themes were determined. This study provided a better understanding of the psychological experiences of elderly individuals during the disease, who have been hospitalized in intensive care unit and survived COVID-19.</p>","PeriodicalId":74338,"journal":{"name":"Omega","volume":" ","pages":"1701-1715"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40355148","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evaluating the effect of online psychoeducational support group on perceived stress in family caregivers of COVID-19 survivors.","authors":"Seyedmohammad Mirhosseini, Fatemeh Heshmati Nabavi, Hamidreza Behnam Vashani, Saeed Vaghee","doi":"10.1177/00302228221126219","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00302228221126219","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>This study aimed to determine the effect of an online psychoeducational support group on the perceived stress of caregivers of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) survivors.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This randomized clinical trial included 70 caregivers of COVID-19 survivors discharged from Imam Reza Hospital in Mashhad, Iran in 2021. The intervention group received a psychoeducational support training program for stress management through six online group sessions (each 35-45 minutes) in a week. An expert psychiatric nurse provided this program on WhatsApp immediately after the patient's discharge from the hospital. The participants completed the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-14) before starting the intervention and 1 week after that. Data analysis was conducted by descriptive and inferential statistics, including Chi-square, Fisher's exact test, independent, and paired t-test.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Both groups were homogeneous in terms of demographic variables of survivors and caregivers. In terms of the PSS, there was no significant difference between the two groups before the intervention (<i>p</i>=0.28). The pre- and post-intervention scores of PSS in the intervention group were 39.57 ± 5.89 and 35.48 ± 5.68, respectively, indicating a significant decrease (p<0.001). Also, the pre- and post-intervention differences between the intervention and control groups were -4.08 ± 3.52 and -0.11 ± 2.66, respectively, indicating a greater decrease in the total PSS of the intervention group (<i>p</i> < 0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The family caregivers of COVID-19 survivors suffered from psychological distress during their patient care. It is recommended to perform online psychoeducational support group interventions for these individuals based on psychological and educational support program.</p>","PeriodicalId":74338,"journal":{"name":"Omega","volume":" ","pages":"1685-1700"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40354098","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}