The spiritual’s need for chronic alcoholism patients in Mahasarakham Hospital Mahasarakham Province.

Abstract

Objectives : Study to the spiritual’s need for chronic alcoholism patients.

Methode : The sample were the chronic alcoholism patients who already diagnosis from doctor with chronic alcoholism [ F 10.2 ] and were in- patient department treatment included all medication department and out- patient department [psychic’s clinic] Maha Sarakham hospital. The sampling was selected by purposive sampling according to the determinative qualification and operated between February-August 2018 on 132 patients. The instrument used can be devide into 2 parts. The 1 part was general data record form. The second part was the interview from for the need and spiritual treatment which developed by Highfield’s Framework [Highfield,1992]. The reliability was 0.87 which testing by content analysis. The qualitative data analysis with SPSS/FW computer program by Frequency Distribution, Percentage, Mean and Standard Deviation.

Research : 1) the sample group needs to perceive on their meaning, value, and goal of their life at the high level ( = 2.71) Standard Deviation (SD = 0.47). The second aspect was they need to have the relationship with the others, environment, outsiders. The sample group needs some courage from their relatives and companions at the high level (= 2.81)  Standard Deviation (SD = 0.61). And the third aspect was they need hope that make themselves to get good things and better life found that the sample group needs to get good things at the high level also (= 2.07) Standard Deviation (SD= 0.57). And from deeply interview found that the most sample group needs some courage from their closed relationship person in their families, especially their husbands and wives. For the expectation and alcohol addicted found that the most sample group expected to get better. And the goal on alcohol drinking found that the sample group 55% have their goal to stop drinking seriously after they leave the hospital and some patients will stop within 1 month. The 28% of the patients will reduce their drinking and will stop within 1 month. 10% of the patients was not sure and only 7% said that they should not stop drinking.

Conclusion : the chronic alcoholism patients were looked down as no value and disability. In the reality, they are the persons who have spiritual need that are the main component of life and living. Therefore, nurse and care giver should concern to the need and response to their need. Especially, on the spiritual treatment the nurse need to study and respect, understand in their believe, feeling in spiritual, love, thinking from other persons. If they get response upon the reality the patients will perceive in  themselves, satisfaction which lead to their happiness in their spiritual in the future.

 Keywords : spiritual’s need, chronic alcoholism patients