NAVIGATING SPIRITUAL COMPETENCIES IN CAREGIVERS: ROLE OF SPIRITUAL DRYNESS AND COPING

During terminal illness stages, care givers are prone to spiritual dryness and may undermine their care giving reactions. Presently, spiritual caregiving is under represented in the recovery of terminally ill patients. The purpose of the study is to bring attention for spiritual integrated therapies that can be imparted in hospitals by the care givers, formally and informally. A correlational cross-sectional study was conducted in a private hospital of Pakistan. A purposive sample of 100 care givers were recruited and their responses were coded through reliable and valid instruments. Impermanence and Acceptance Scale, Spiritual Dryness Scale, Spiritual Supporter Scale and Care Giving Reaction Scale were lled through traditional paper and pen questionnaires. Parametric testing was applied. Pearson product moment correlation showed signi cant association among variables. Multiple linear regression showed that impermanence and acceptance and spiritual supporter scale have signi cant positive e ects on care giving reactions. Multivariate analysis of variance shows that income has a signi cant main impact on the constructs. Hayes process macro analysis shows that spiritual dryness has a signi cant e ect on care giving reactions and spiritual supporter. Independent sample t test shows that there are signi cant mean di erences among men and women as women showed higher mean scores for the constructs.