The Development of Guidelines for the Inclusion of Spirituality and Spiritual Care in Unani Tibb Practice in South Afric
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The Development of Guidelines for the Inclusion of Spirituality and Spiritual Care in Unani Tibb Practice in South Africa: A Study Protocol Mujeeb Hoosen1 · Nicolette Vanessa Roman2 · Thuli Godfrey Mthembu3 Accepted: 23 September 2020 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2020
Abstract Unani Tibb is a holistic form of medicine, which highlights the interconnectedness of mind, body and soul. Despite this, there is very little evidence of spiritual care practices by Unani Tibb practitioners in South Africa. This protocol outlines a proposed process for developing guidelines to integrate spirituality and spiritual care in Unani Tibb practice. In phase one, a document review will be conducted on spirituality and spiritual care in complementary and alternative medicine and Unani Tibb. A series of quantitative and qualitative enquiries will follow to obtain the perspectives of various stakeholders in the Unani Tibb profession. Phase two will rely on the findings of phase I to develop guidelines according to the Delphi method. Experts in the relevant fields will be soliciting their opinions on the nature and content of the proposed guidelines. The data will be analysed using descriptive statistical analyses, thematic analysis and narrative synthesis. Ethics clearance has been obtained from the ethics committee of the university. Keywords Unani Tibb · Spirituality · Spiritual care · Clinical practice · Delphi study
* Mujeeb Hoosen [email protected]; [email protected] Nicolette Vanessa Roman [email protected] Thuli Godfrey Mthembu [email protected] 1
School of Natural Medicine, Faculty of Community and Health Sciences, The University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa
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The Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies of Children, Family and Society, Faculty of Community and Health Sciences, The University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa
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Department of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Community and Health Sciences, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa
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Journal of Religion and Health
Introduction The World Health Organization (WHO 2013, 2020) highlights the importance of both complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and spirituality in the health and well-being of populations around the world. It is estimated that up to 80% of Africans rely on CAM for their healthcare needs (Mahlangeni et al. 2014). Spirituality and CAM are interconnected in many ways. Spirituality is a foundational component of CAM, often discussed in the context of holistic care (Ben-Arye et al. 2011). Spirituality was found to be the strongest predictor for CAM use especially amongst patients affected with chronic conditions (Chang et al. 2007; Ben-Arye et al. 2011, 2012; Trinkaus et al. 2011; Ramakrishnan et al. 2014). African traditional medicine, Unani Tibb and traditional Chinese medicine are some of the modalities of CAM practiced and utilized by millions globally (Mahlangeni et al. 2014). According to UNESCO, Unani Tibb is one of the old
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