Relación entre bienestar espiritual, calidad de vida y sentido del sufrimiento en una población de ancianos religiosos residentes en centros espa?oles

摘要

Objective: To analyze the relationship between spiritual wellbeing,quality of life satisfaction, functional status, and sense of thesu?ering in a population of religious elderly residents.Methods: Descriptive, transversal and correlational study. Tesample included N=435 residents (average age=83.17, SD=7.04).FACIT Sp Ex scale, Sense of Su?ering Humannizing scale,Lawton's Philadelphia scale and Barthel's Index were used.Student's T and Pearson's correlations were obtained.Results: Tere is a high percentage (42.3 %, N=88) of unsatisfedresidents with quality of life in the oldness. Te average of senseof su?ering as change (M=3.62) was signifcantly (p<.05) greaterthan as a charge (M=2.36), which showed moderate and positivesignifcant correlation (p<.01) with all dimensions of spiritualwell-being (r=.276), overall well-being (r=.315) and purpose/peace (r=.343). Independence group (according to Barthel index)earned a signifcantly higher average (p <.05) in dimensions peaceand purpose (M=26.28), overall well-being (M=40.36), spiritualwell-being (M=78.29) and attitudes towards old age (M=2.72)than dependence group (M=24.45, M=38.07, M=74.63 andM=2.25 respectively). Conclusions: Elderly care must include thespiritual dimension. Te sense of su?ering as a charge explicitsinner transformation that religious population can give to thesu?ering. It is highlighted the importance of promoting socialrelationship satisfaction and positive attitudes towards old age inorder to generate well-being, reduce levels of anxiety and preventdissatisfaction due to fear to getting older.