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Table 4 Themes, categories, and subcategories extracted from qualitative content analysis

From: Muslim nurse’s spiritual sensitivity as a higher perception and reflection toward spiritual care: a qualitative study in southeast Iran

Theme

Categories

Subcategories

Nurse’s spiritual sensitivity as a higher perception and reflection toward spiritual care

The spiritual and professional character of the nurse

Spiritual characteristics

Professional and ethical characteristics

Perceptions of spiritual conditions and needs of patients and their families

Mental states of patients and their families

Spiritual needs of patients and their families

Nurse’s reflection on religious beliefs of patients and their families

Perception of patients’ acts of worship

Perception of families’ acts of worship