This study aimed to identify the factors associated with the spiritual nursing-care needs of adult Chinese cancer patients. A questionnaire survey was conducted and the 158 respondents in the total sample were classified into two groups based on the presence or absence of spiritual nursing-care needs. The group requiring spiritual nursing-care exhibited lower scores on the Meaning and Peace scales and higher scores on the Faith scale compared to the other group. The between-group difference was significant only in the case of Peace. The results indicated that the Peace score was the sole significant predictor of spiritual nursing-care needs (OR 0.83, 95% CI [0.74, 0.94]). These findings suggest that nurses should provide spiritual care to help foster Chinese patients' peace of mind.
Keywords: Cancer; Chinese context; Needs; Spiritual care; Spirituality.
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