本文目的在了解護理學生宗教信仰現況與不同宗教信仰在靈性健康與健康促進行為的差異。研究方法為橫斷式問卷調查,利用等機率比例分配抽樣選取台灣護理高年級學生進行研究,研究工具包括基本資料、靈性健康量表與健康促進行為量表。研究結果共有1,268名護生參與研究,其基本人口學描述:均為女性、平均年齡20.1歲(標準差1.6歲)、分布在四種不同學制(大學、二技、四技與專科);95.5%護理學生有宗教信仰,宗教信仰類別與學業成績表現、靈性健康及健康促進行為有關,顯示屬無神論者在學業成績表現略差者的比率較高、歸類在一度稱信教者在學業成績表現較佳的比率較高,其在靈性健康與健康促進行為表現上亦均較好。本研究結果可做為規劃護理之宗教與靈性教育之參考,讓護生有機會認識不同宗教,對個人靈性增長、提升執行健康促進行為與提供病患靈性需要有所助益。
The purposes of this study were to understand the status of religion among nursing students in Taiwan, and to explore the relationships between religion, spiritual health and health promoting behavior. This was a cross-sectional descriptive study. A total of 1,268 senior nursing students were selected using PPS (Probability Proportional to size) procedures. A self-administered questionnaire was used, involving demographic profile, spiritual health scale and health promoting profile. The findings of the study indicated that participants were all female, the average age was 20.1 years old (SD = 1.6ys) and their religion was in most cases categorized as primary religion (95.5%). The participants were distributed within four levels of the educational system (university, two-year college, four-year college and junior college). Their religion category affected their school performance, spiritual health and health promoting behavior. The results indicated that the school performance of atheists was below that of their religious counterparts. Those in the primary religion category had higher rates of good school grades. The spiritual health and the health promoting behavior of those in the primary religion category were better than those of the subjects in the secondary religion category and atheists. In the light of these results, nursing educators should pay attention to spiritual health and religious education. This might enhance opportunities for student nurses to learn about a variety of religions, which would nurture their personal spiritual health, encourage healthy lifestyles, and facilitate spiritual care for our clients.