Kebutuhan Spiritualitas Pada Lansia Dengan Penyakit Kronis : Literature Review

Background: Spiritual needs are a basic need for each individual to seek life goals, meaning life to love and be loved. Objective: The purpose of this study wasto summarize the results of studies on the needs of spirituality in the elderly with chronic illness. The research method was is literature review with a total of sixarticles. Articles obtained from three databased sources namely Google Scholar, Pubmed and Microsoft Academi, published in 2016-2020. Used in those articleswere SpNQ (Spirituality Needs Quesstionaire) which had a reliability value of0.71 to 0.87. Inclusion criteria population in article was elderly (age) ≥ 60 years, who suffered chronic diseases, article in Indonesian-language and English language with quantitative descriptive research design, and free full text. Articlemeasured using JBI (The Joanna Briggs Institute Critical Appraisal Tools) format. Resulst: The results showed that the needs of spirituality needed by theelderly were different such as religious, inner peace, existential and needs giving. Conclusion: The conclusion of this research was that spirituality can be used as asource of strength in the elderly when suffering from chronic illnesses, so that thehigher the needs for spirituality are met, the elderly are able to achieve their potential and quality oflife.