Table 2.
Associations between GPs’ personal spirituality and their self-assessed spiritual competence
| Competence | Personal spirituality (index, showing how much influence spirituality has on one’s life) | Personal spirituality as source for strength to overcome hardships | Importance of spirituality for one’s own health | Spirituality experienced as wearing | Affiliation to spiritual community |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spearman’s ρ | p-value (Mann–Whitney-U) | ||||
| Documentation competence | 0.080 |
0.232* 95%CI = [− 0.147; 0.551] |
0.133 | 0,034 | 0.360 |
| Competence in conversation technique | 0.057 | 0.048 | 0.058 | − 0,029 | 0.306 |
| Knowledge about other religions | − 0.122 | − 0.142 | − 0.164 | 0,137 | 0.460 |
| Team spirit | 0.110 | − 0.032 | − 0.105 | − 0,195 | 0.565 |
| Perceptual competence | 0.061 | 0.129 | 0.167 | − 0,254 | 0.276 |
| Proactive empowerment competence |
0.296* 95%CI = [− 0.087; 0.603] |
0.227* 95%CI = [− 0.152; 0.548] |
0.248* 95%CI = [− 0.138; 0.568] |
0,035 | 0.243 |
| Self-awareness and proactive opening competence |
0.828*** 95%CI = [0.659; 0.918] |
0.848*** 95%CI = [0.695; 0.928] |
0.733** 95%CI = [0.496; 0.869] |
− 0,048 | 0.018X |