Spiritual Needs of Elderly Living in Residential/Nursing Homes
Table 3
Mean values of spiritual needs scores.
Religious needs
Existential needs
Inner peace needs
Giving/generativity
All
Mean
0.54
0.59
1.07
1.29
SD
0.58
0.49
0.63
0.91
Gender
Female
Mean
0.60
0.60
1.06
1.28
SD
0.59
0.49
0.61
0.92
Male
Mean
0.26
0.59
1.11
1.31
SD
0.44
0.49
0.73
0.87
value
5.3
0.0
0.1
0.0
value
.023
n.s.
n.s.
n.s.
Self-care abilities
Only with help
Mean
0.68
0.66
1.03
1.27
SD
0.67
0.45
0.64
1.00
Largely independent
Mean
0.39
0.50
0.91
1.19
SD
0.49
0.45
0.50
0.70
Independent
Mean
0.45
0.58
1.27
1.42
SD
0.46
0.57
0.70
0.95
value
2.7
0.9
2.4
0.6
value
.074
n.s.
.092
n.s.
Results are means ± standard deviation (SD) of the respective scales (range: 0–3) as measured with the Spiritual Needs Questionnaire (SpNQ). We judged < .05 as significant but indicated also statistically notable trends (.5 < < 1.1).
