The NERSH Questionnaire and Pool of Data from 12 Countries: Development and Description

doi:10.1007/s10943-021-01428-x

. 2022 Jun;61(3):2605-2630.

doi: 10.1007/s10943-021-01428-x. Epub 2021 Oct 1.

The NERSH Questionnaire and Pool of Data from 12 Countries: Development and Description

Niels Christian Hvidt^{1

2}, Farr Curlin³, Arndt Büssing⁴, Klaus Baumann⁵, Eckhard Frick^{6

7}, Jens Søndergaard⁸, Jesper Bo Nielsen⁸, Ryan Lawrence⁹, Giancarlo Lucchetti¹⁰, Parameshwaran Ramakrishnan^{11

12}, Inga Wermuth¹³, René Hefti^{14

15}, Eunmi Lee¹⁶, Alex Kappel Kørup¹⁷

Affiliations

¹ Research Unit of General Practice, Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark. nchvidt@health.sdu.dk.
² Academy of Geriatric Cancer Research (AgeCare), Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark. nchvidt@health.sdu.dk.
³ Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities, and History of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
⁴ Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Integrative Medicine, Witten/Herdecke University, Herdecke, Gerhard-Kienle-Weg 4, 58313, Herdecke, Germany.
⁵ Caritas Science and Christian Social Work, Faculty of Theology, Freiburg University, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.
⁶ Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Research Centre Spiritual Care, The University Hospital Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Langerstr. 3, 81675, Munich, Germany.
⁷ Forschungsstelle Spiritual Care, Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie, Munich School of Philosophy, Kaulbachstr. 31, 80539, Munich, Germany.
⁸ Research Unit of General Practice, Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
⁹ Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, USA.
¹⁰ Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Avenida Eugênio de Nascimento s/n - Aeroporto, Juiz de Fora, MG, 36038330, Brazil.
¹¹ Harvard Divinity School, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
¹² AdiBhat Foundation, New Delhi, India.
¹³ Medical Faculty, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
¹⁴ Medical Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
¹⁵ Research Institute for Spirituality and Health (RISH), Langenthal, Switzerland.
¹⁶ Caritas Science and Christian Social Work, Faculty of Theology, Freiburg University Center for Social Cohesion, Daegu Catholic University, Hayang-Ro 13-13, Hayang-Eup, Gyeongsan-Si, Gyeongbuk, 38430, Republic of Korea.
¹⁷ Research Unit of General Practice, Department of Mental Health Kolding-Vejle, Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.

PMID: 34599478
DOI: 10.1007/s10943-021-01428-x

The NERSH Questionnaire and Pool of Data from 12 Countries: Development and Description

Niels Christian Hvidt et al. J Relig Health. 2022 Jun.

. 2022 Jun;61(3):2605-2630.

doi: 10.1007/s10943-021-01428-x. Epub 2021 Oct 1.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Research Unit of General Practice, Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark. nchvidt@health.sdu.dk.
² Academy of Geriatric Cancer Research (AgeCare), Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark. nchvidt@health.sdu.dk.
³ Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities, and History of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
⁴ Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Integrative Medicine, Witten/Herdecke University, Herdecke, Gerhard-Kienle-Weg 4, 58313, Herdecke, Germany.
⁵ Caritas Science and Christian Social Work, Faculty of Theology, Freiburg University, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.
⁶ Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Research Centre Spiritual Care, The University Hospital Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Langerstr. 3, 81675, Munich, Germany.
⁷ Forschungsstelle Spiritual Care, Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie, Munich School of Philosophy, Kaulbachstr. 31, 80539, Munich, Germany.
⁸ Research Unit of General Practice, Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
⁹ Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, USA.
¹⁰ Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Avenida Eugênio de Nascimento s/n - Aeroporto, Juiz de Fora, MG, 36038330, Brazil.
¹¹ Harvard Divinity School, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
¹² AdiBhat Foundation, New Delhi, India.
¹³ Medical Faculty, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
¹⁴ Medical Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
¹⁵ Research Institute for Spirituality and Health (RISH), Langenthal, Switzerland.
¹⁶ Caritas Science and Christian Social Work, Faculty of Theology, Freiburg University Center for Social Cohesion, Daegu Catholic University, Hayang-Ro 13-13, Hayang-Eup, Gyeongsan-Si, Gyeongbuk, 38430, Republic of Korea.
¹⁷ Research Unit of General Practice, Department of Mental Health Kolding-Vejle, Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.

PMID: 34599478
DOI: 10.1007/s10943-021-01428-x

Abstract

Modern healthcare research has only in recent years investigated the impact of health care workers' religious and other values on medical practice, interaction with patients, and ethically complex decision making. So far, only limited international data exist on the way such values vary across different countries. We therefore established the NERSH International Collaboration on Values in Medicine with datasets on physician religious characteristics and values based on the same questionnaire. The present article provides (a) an overview of the development of the original and optimized questionnaire, (b) an overview of the content of the NERSH data pool at this stage and (c) a brief review of insights gained from articles published with the questionnaire. The pool at this stage consists of data from 17 studies from research units in 12 different countries representing six continents with responses from more than 6000 health professionals. The joint data pool suggests that there are large differences in religious and other moral values across nations and cultures, and that these values contribute to the observed differences in health professionals' clinical practices-across nations and cultures!

Keywords: Communication; Medical ethics; Physician values; Religion and health; Spirituality.

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[1] Al-Yousefi, N. A. (2012). Observations of muslim physicians regarding the influence of religion on health and their clinical approach. Journal of Religion and Health, 51(2), 269–280. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-012-9567-z - DOI - PubMed

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[3] Balslev van Randwijk, C. (2010–2018). Faith and Values of Danish Physicians. PhD, University of Southern Denmark.

[4] Balslev van Randwijk, C. (2010–2018). Faith and Values of Danish Physicians. PhD, University of Southern Denmark.

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[6] Baumann, K. (2012). The birth of human sciences, especially psychology. In P. Gilbert (Ed.), L’uomo moderno e la Chiesa: Atti del Congresso (Analecta Gregoriana, 317) (pp. 391–408). Gregorian & Biblical Press.

[7] Baumann, K., Büssing, A., & Hvidt, N. C. (2014). Geisteswissenschaftliches Kolloquium "Klaus Baumann (Freiburg)/Arndt Büssing (Witten/Herdecke)/Niels Christian Hvidt (Odense): Empirische Forschung über religiöse und spirituelle Aspekte bei PatientInnen und ÄrztInnen. Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies. Retrieved April from https://www.frias.uni-freiburg.de/en/events/humanities-and-social-scienc... .

[8] Baumann, K., Büssing, A., & Hvidt, N. C. (2014). Geisteswissenschaftliches Kolloquium "Klaus Baumann (Freiburg)/Arndt Büssing (Witten/Herdecke)/Niels Christian Hvidt (Odense): Empirische Forschung über religiöse und spirituelle Aspekte bei PatientInnen und ÄrztInnen. Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies. Retrieved April from https://www.frias.uni-freiburg.de/en/events/humanities-and-social-scienc... .

[9] Butcher, W. (2013). Spirituality, religion and psychiatric practice in New Zealand: A survey of psychiatrists in New Zealand Monography. University of Otago.

[10] Butcher, W. (2013). Spirituality, religion and psychiatric practice in New Zealand: A survey of psychiatrists in New Zealand Monography. University of Otago.

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