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Spiritualism can increase the effectiveness, ease in the teaching-learning process and psychological security in students. The current study can be considered as a preliminary study on the teaching-learning process in the educational environment with a religious view on scientific issues and based on challenging the minds of students to better understand anatomical principles by modeling prayer movements.

This is a review study conducted using a qualitative and library-based method. Based on the purpose of the research, the necessary information was collected from interpretive sources and then based on keywords such as: medical education, spirituality, prayer, human body anatomy, searching on databases such as authoritative sites known for conducting library research such as MEDLINE, Scopus, PubMed, web of science and Google scholar and based on personal experience and researches as a faculty member of the Department of Anatomical Sciences. Then, the obtained information was categorized and analyzed. The authors reported no conflict of interests.

Our findings showed that there is a scientific connection between anatomical principles and prayer postures, which can be highly useful in increasing the motivation and encouragement of the professors and the students in the teaching-learning process. In other words, with this kind of scientific approach to religious issues or vice versa, a student who is fascinated in finding the gap between scientific boundaries by evidence and reason, will find concrete examples in a better way and in addition, he/she will understand the wisdom of religious principles more deeply, which ultimately doubles the effectiveness of the matter.

With this evidence-based research, Muslim prayer postures can be considered as a new model for teaching of anatomical principles to medical students.

Prayer is the most important pillar of Islam. Prayer is a great blessing for the soul. In today's life, due to the complexity of social relations, a lot of stress is placed on people. Chronic stress is the main cause of many disorders and diseases that may be fatal. This study was conducted by examining a library of reliable sources in databases such as Google Scholar, Pubmed, and Scopus without annual limitation. Articles that examined the effects of prayer on stress system indicators were collected. Studies showed that prayer has specific effects on optimizing stress system function by restoring the concentration of salivary cortisol as a golden indicator of the stress system to ideal condition, increasing the complexity of cardiac signals, strengthening the parasympathetic system, and finally correcting brain frequencies. Therefore, prayer by restoring the stress system to the optimal state prepares the person to improve mental functions of learning power for training.

The verses and narratives of prayer claim that it provides humanity with a shield against problems and misfortunes. Beginning life as a student at a university means facing an overwhelming amount of unknowns and changes that will surely have an impact on one's behaviors and ethics. The purpose of this systematic review study was to examine the effect of prayer on the mental health of Iranian university students.

Methods and Materials: 

This study, which is a systematic review, ultimately selected 14 articles that were associated with the aim of the research among a total of 60 analyzed articles. A search of Persian and English texts from 2000 to 2023 was performed in the databases of Science Direct, PubMed, Google Scholar, SID, and MagIran for the purpose of acquiring the information that was required. Keywords including prayer, mental health, depression, mental disorders, anxiety, students, and Iran were utilized while searching for articles.

There was a statistically significant relationship between mental health and performing the obligation to pray in university. Students' mental health gets better through prayer because it enables them to communicate with God through spiritual peace and social communication.

In general, students' mental health may be enhanced, and mental disorders, including stress and anxiety, can be prevented by praying as a spiritual and religious activity. Thus, a common strategy to preserve and enhance students' mental health is to encourage positive attitudes about prayer and the practice of it.

Prayer is the highest expression of obedience and worship. The university has an important duty to revive authentic Islamic values. According to this Qualitative research provides in-depth information based on finding solutions to a specific problem Therefore, considering the place of prayer and the importance of access to appropriate and sufficient information about praying, this study was conducted with the aim of Explaining the situation of female students praying in university dormitories.

Methods and Materials: 

This qualitative study is of the content analysis type and with the participation of 20 female students living in the dormitories of Tehran University of Medical Sciences, who were selected by targeted sampling method with maximum diversity. Data were collected using in-depth and unstructured interviews and continued until data saturation was reached. Data analysis was done continuously and simultaneously with data collection and in a comparative manner.

The average age and length of stay in the student dormitory were 25 years and 12 months, respectively. Four central themes including: "What attracted me", "I feel like praying", "My beliefs" and "Substitutes for prayer" and 15 sub-categories that expressed the participants' understanding of praying, during the data analysis process appeared.

The students' perspective has had a great impact in persuading or dissuading them from prayer. Misbeliefs and alternative choices for prayer cause slippage in the religiosity of the young generation. Knowing what makes young people eager to pray can be of great help to officials and planners to make them more willing to pray.

Prayer is a great place for worshiping the Lord, bringing believers closer to the Creator of the universe. Considering the fact that the Great God has provided benefits for human beings in all His blessings, and prayer is a great gift from God to His servants to bring them closer. Undoubtedly, it has certain physical and spiritual effects, investigated in this study.

In this review study, 22 articles from electronic databases or search engines such as PubMed, Google Scholar, and SID were evaluated.

Studies have shown that prayer physically brings about cleanliness, lowers blood pressure, reduces dizziness and fatigue, strengthens the body muscles, and increases happiness and cheerfulness, and on the spiritual level, prayer cures depression, increases serenity, reduces anxiety, and eliminates pride, envy and selfishness in man.

The Great God has meets the physical and spiritual needs in worship so that His servant can use them in the pure moments of spirituality of prayer. In prayer, a very high level of attention is paid to both the physical and spiritual aspects, which is a sign of God's grace and love for His servants that the health of body and soul is ensured during worship.

The student period is one of the most important periods of human life in the formation of their personality, and people's commitment to prayer during these days can be a very effective way to solve problems in the continuation of a person's life. Therefore, the present study was conducted with the aim of determining the status of adherence to prayer and its related factors among the students of Asadabad School of Medical Sciences in 2023.

This cross-sectional study was conducted on 173 students of Asadabad School of Medical Sciences who were included in the study by census method. The data was collected by self-reporting method and using the demographic information form and the attitude and practical commitment to prayer questionnaire. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 21 software and using descriptive and analytical statistics including one-way ANOVA, independent t-test and Pearson's correlation at a level of less than 0.05.

According to the findings, the dimension of the effectiveness of prayer in personal and social life with 71.1 percent of the obtainable score among the different dimensions of the attitude and practical commitment to prayer questionnaire has the highest score and the dimension of care and the presence of the heart in prayer with 58.4 percent of the score Acquired had the lowest score. In other words, the effectiveness of prayer in personal and social life was evaluated at a relatively favorable level and other dimensions at an average level. In total, 84.4% of students participating in the study had high practical commitment, 11% had moderate practical commitment and 4.6% had low practical commitment to prayer. Also, a significant difference was observed in the average score of attitude and practical commitment to prayer in relation to the age (P=0.044) and field of study (P=0.005).

According to the findings, it seems necessary to pay attention to the dimensions of commitment and serious effort to perform prayer, care and the presence of the heart in prayer, and attention and action to the recommendations in the design and implementation of interventions in the field of improving students' attitude towards prayer.

Over the past two decades, religious behaviors have been studied as influential components in promoting lifestyle and mental health, and various researchers have attempted to identify the behaviors that have the greatest impact on lifestyle and mental health components. One of these religious practices that has been considered in Islam is holding congregational prayer. The aim of the present study was to explain the phenomenology of the effects and consequences of congregational prayer and its impact on the lifestyle and mental health of students, staff, and faculty members of Farhangian University in Ardabil Province.

This applied and phenomenological study was to investigate the psycho-social effects and consequences of holding congregational prayer. To achieve theoretical saturation, 24 specialized and knowledgeable individuals were interviewed using a purposive, criterion-based sample. The data collection instruments were semi-structured interviews and scientific documents. To analyze the data, the method of thematic analysis was performed using open, axial and selective coding in MAXQDA2018 software. The validity of the research findings was ensured through the methods of member review, peer review, and participatory research. To measure the reliability of the codings, the methods of retesting and internal agreement were used, which reached 80% and 79%, respectively. Since these values were higher than 70%, the reliability of the system was confirmed.

The results showed that the number of initial concepts obtained from the interviews was 73 concepts, which were divided into three main themes including 1) the individual theme (with the subthemes of closeness to God, commitment to Islamic ethics and human excellence), 2) the social and family theme (with the subthemes of social cohesion, increasing spirituality and strengthening social affection), and 3) the psychological theme (with the subthemes of reducing psycho-physical tension, mental health, and moral virtue).

Based on the results, for the practical application of the effects of prayer in various aspects of life in society, it is necessary to have the serious will of the influential factors in this field.

The concept of life satisfaction has attracted increasing attention over the past two decades. Life satisfaction means having a favourable attitude toward one’s life as a whole. The aim of this study was to predict life satisfaction based on attitude and practical commitment to prayer in students of Farhangian University of Tabriz.

The research method used in the present study was descriptive-correlational. The statistical population included all married female students of Tabriz Farhangian University، who were studying in the academic year 2020-2021. Using available sampling method, 101 of them were selected. Data were collected using the Questionnaire of Attitude and Practical Commitment to Prayer (Anisi et al.,) and the Life Satisfaction Scale of Diner et al. In this study, all ethical considerations were observed and no conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

The results showed that attitude and practical commitment to prayer had a significant correlation with life satisfaction (r=0.632). The results of regression analysis also showed that the attitude and practical commitment to prayer predict life satisfaction (β=0.758). Also, among the variables, the effectiveness of prayer in individual and social life (β=0.414) and heart’s presence in prayer (β=0.338) significantly predicted life satisfaction.

Based on the findings, it can be stated that attitude and practical commitment to prayer have a significant role in predicting life satisfaction.

In the contemporary era, ensuring the health of the citizens of a society is one of the most important basic issues in any country. The psychological dimension of health has not been given enough attention in many countries of the world, even in Islamic countries. This study aimed to ensure the mental health of students of Yasouj University of Medical Sciences has investigated the relationship between religion and the key role of prayer with mental health.

The present study is a part of applied studies in terms of purpose, a part of descriptive-comparative correlational studies in terms of method and a quantitative part of studies in terms of data collection method. The method of selecting the sample size was a multi-stage cluster in which the subjects answered the demographic questionnaire, general health questionnaire, and prayer questionnaire. The results were statistically analyzed. Pearson correlation method was used to test the hypotheses.

According to the findings of this study, there is a significant relationship between mental health and performing the obligatory prayers among students of Yasouj University of Medical Sciences. Considering the value of Pearson coefficient obtained 0.16, its significance level is 0.001, so it can be said that in this hypothesis, the correlation coefficient between the two variables has a positive sign.

Performing the duty of prayer is effective on students' mental health.

 Today, human’s health is known as one of the most important concerns in the 21st century. However, researchers have focused on different dimensions of health rather than only on the physical health. In this respect, saying prayers is one of the obligatory religious practices that can play an important role in human’s mental, physical, social, and spiritual health. Accordingly, the present study was aimed at explaining the effectiveness of saying prayers in the structure of health.

 This is a review study. Using library sources, the effects of saying prayers on different dimensions of health were described based on the existing sources of interpretation and the related research findings. The data were collected using archived documents as well as the Quran and Nahj al-Balaghah and other specialized books, articles, and primary narrative and fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) sources. The authors reported no conflict of interest.

 Based on the findings, there is a strong and positive relationship between saying prayers and the four dimensions of health including physical, mental, social, and spiritual health. The results of field research confirm this effect and in few cases the relationship between saying prayers and health has been reported to be weak.

 Based on the findings, saying prayers plays an important role in increasing the feeling of satisfaction and health. Attention to this important issue can be increased more than ever before by developing and including appropriate educational programs in the structure and content of the textbooks in different fields and at higher education levels. In addition, by developing the capacity and ability to cope with the problems and difficulties, reinforcing an appropriate value system, cultural programs and workshops, we can prevent different diseases.

 Considering the many stress-causing factors in medical students’ working environment and the destructive effects of depression and lack of identity on their personal and work life, and given the profound effects of religious practices and, most importantly, prayers on the mental health of the students and the importance of considering the paradoxical issues in this regard, the researchers decided to design and carry out this study with the aim of determining the relationship of prayers with depression and the type of identity styles of the students of Kashmar University of Medical Sciences.

 In this cross-sectional descriptive-correlational study, 129 students of Kashmar Health Education Complex, who met the inclusion criteria, were included in this study in 2018. The method of data collection was completed by explaining the research objectives, a demographic information questionnaire, Student Depression Questionnaire (USDI) and Identity Styles Questionnaire (ISI-6G) by the person under study. Data were analyzed by relevant statistical tests. Descriptive statistics and correlation coefficient were used for data analysis. In this study, all the ethical considerations were observed and the authors declared no conflict of interest.

 According to the results, the mean score related to depression was 63.18±26.99. The highest score in the identity styles was in the items related to the informative and normative identity styles with the scores of 40.55±6.0 and 33.22±5.24, respectively. There was a significant relationship between the variables of saying prayers, the obligation to say prayers and participating in congregation prayers and the degree of depression and normative identity style of the students; the students who were saying their prayers had a lower level of depression and had a high level of identity. Also, the students who participated in congregation prayers on a regular bais received the lowest level of depression and the highest informative, normative, avoidance and commitment Items of identity.

 According to the results, based on the relationship between prayers and depression and identity styles of students, it is possible to promote the level of identity and reduce the level of depression of students by taking effective policies in creating the culture of saying prayers in universities.

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between Internet addiction and students' attitudes and practical commitment to prayer.

This cross-sectional study was performed on students of Kashan University of Medical Sciences in 1398 that were selected by random sampling. Data collection tools included three questionnaires of personal-social information, Young Internet addiction and measuring the attitude and practical commitment to the prayers. Data were analyzed using SPSS v.16 using t-test and ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficient and linear regression.

The average age of students was 21 years, 67% of whom were women and 86% of whom were single. The average time spent using the Internet and cyberspace among students was 5 hours per day. Among the communication softwares, Telegram and Instagram were the most used. Overall, 60% of students were severely addicted to the Internet, and the majority of participants had a high practical commitment to prayer. An indirect and significant relationship was found between Internet addiction and attitudes and practical commitment scores (p = 0.01).

Due to the high rate of Internet addiction among students and its inverse relationship with commitment to prayer, more attention should be paid to administrators, university professors and cultural-educational planners in the field of lifestyle changes with the conditions of the day, cyberspace use management, It is essential to be aware of the negative consequences of Internet addiction and to create a space for students to commit to religious programs

The Shari'a of Muhammad (PBUH) is the last and most complete Shari'a, such a law requires a comprehensive plan for human beings to reach perfection, to rearch such a goal is to pay attention to the physical and mental health of humans, therefore, beliefs, ethics and worship in Islam are somehow responsible for this important. Examining the role of each of these categories requires extensive research, in this research, only the role of one of the best acts of worship, namely prayer, on human health is explained. Among all worships, prayer has a prominent place due to its great effect. Therefore, in this research, by searching in verses and hadiths, the role of prayer and its subordinate acts of worship on physical and mental health has been studied. The present research has been done by descriptive-analytical method. According to the research findings, the obligation to perform cleanliness during ablution, ghusl and tayammum not only causes physical cleanliness and physical health, but also purifies a person from selfishness and pride, which will lead to the health of the soul. Prayer is a good way to fight mental illnesses such as arrogance and arrogance. Night prayer promotes the health of the body and relieves diseases and cures diseases. Congregational prayer is effective in the health of the individual and the community. Because there is communication with the people of the society, useful and guiding dialogue among the believers,

Considering the importance of prayer and its profound and wonderful effects on the individual and social life of youth and students, this study aimed to investigate the effective factors in attracting students to congregational prayers in Kashan University of Medical Sciences, 2019.

This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on 205 students of Kashan University of Medical Sciences. The data gathering tool was a researcher-made, reliable and validity questionnaire in the field of effective factors in attracting students to congregational prayers, which was set according to 5 Likert scale. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and the t-test.

The effective factors in attracting students to congregational prayers (by mean and standard deviation) were respectively: the participation of authorities and professors (3.23±0.89), cultural and internal organizational factors (3.2±0.84), physical and beauty atmosphere of the prayer room (1.07±3.03), factors related to the role of peers and friends (2.98 ±1.19), the individual factors (2.92±0.77), the parents related factors (2.71±1.03), and the factors related to Imam congregation prayer (2.69±1.007). There was a significant relationship between sex (P=0.001), field of study (P=0.006) and place of life of students (P=0.03) with their attraction rate.

According to the findings, university, authorities and family are effective factors in attracting students to congregational prayer. Therefore, it is worthy to analyze the factors that influence students' attraction to prayer and planning to achieve success in this way

Spiritual and religious worship such as prayer is one of the fourteen basic human needs. Nurses need moral courage to function properly. This study aimed was to determine the relationship between practical attitude and commitment to prayer and moral courage in nurses working in Kashan University of Medical Sciences.

This study is cross-sectional and the population were all nurses working in Kashan University of Medical Sciences. Criteria for entering the study were employment in Kashan University of Medical Sciences and willingness and informed consent to participate in the study and the exit criteria were unwilling to cooperate in the study. Multi-stage random sampling was used. In this method, Medical centers were considered as a cluster and wards were classified as class. Data collection was done through a questionnaire with three parts: background information and a tool for measuring attitude and practical commitment to prayers Anessa's and a tool for measuring moral courage of nurses Sadoughi Asl. Data were analyzed by SPSS software version 16 and descriptive and analytical statistics.

42.5% of the nurses participating in this study (170 persons) were men. The mean and standard deviation of the age of the nurses were (34.53±11.71). The mean and standard deviation of attitude and practical commitment to nurses' prayers (123.46±19.95) and moral courage of nurses (241.95±31.11), The relationship between these variables was statistically significant (P<0.05).

Regarding the relationship between prayer and behavioral consequences of prayer and moral courage in determining the level of health, nursing policy-makers and planners are advised to improve and enhance their practical attitude and commitment to prayer and to seek moral courage among nurses.

Religiosity includes various dimensions, that due to the religiosity model of Glock and Stark, religious practices is one of the 5-dimensions of it. Saying prayer is suggested by religious people in Islam Religion and nationality are some factors which people can identify and recognize them by. It can create a sense of common group. According to this approach, however, religion is a private affair; it can connect human being by having a mutual experience. In order to evaluate this impact, this study aimed to investigate of the relationship between saying prayers and social and national identities.

This study was done in years 1397-1398, and 294 male and female students in all grads and all majors in Kashan University were selected by Cochran formula and cluster sampling.

Findings from 2 variables linear regression indicates the significant impact of saying prayers on social identity and it can identify 18 percent of changes in dependent variable. Saying prayers has a significant effect on national identity and it can also identify 15 percent of it, also.

It has been concluded that, by increasing the practice of saying prayers, national and social identities will increase. Finally, pushing teenagers and youth to say prayers, can enforce social integrity and social and national identities. So the country will be safe against disunion, additionally encouragement to saying prayers is a serious barrier against invasion and influence of strangers.

Pray is always a challenge, especially in health centers. Although the relationship between prayer and health is very well expressed, so far, the barriers and problems of pray have not been taken into consideration by the hospitalized patients themselves. This research aimed to explaining pray experiences in hospitalized patients.

The present study is a qualitative phenomenological study. A total of 15 patients (7 women and 8 men) admitted to Shahid Beheshti Hospital of Kashan were selected by objective sampling method. Sampling continued until data saturation. These patients were admitted to the medical, emergency, C.C.U. and surgery departments. The data collection method was semi-structured interviews. Interviewed interviews were word by word. Data were analyzed simultaneously with sampling.

After analyzing the data, 2 themes (barriers to pray in hospitalized patients, facilitating factors for pray in hospitalized patients) and 6 categories were included which included "lack of prayer requirements", "lack of purity for pray", "unwillingness to prayer by using alternatives to ablution", "the lack of familiarity with the religious issues related to prayer in hospitalized patients", "the possibility of a better and purer relationship with God", "the spiritual effects of prayer on hospitalized patients".

Due to the lack of pray conditions in the medical centers and the importance of prayer for hospitalized patients, the necessary conditions should be provided by the hospital managers and practitioners.

Chronic renal failure causes a decrease in mental health and life satisfaction. Prayer as a religious coping strategy can be a great help to subjective well-being in these patients. This study aimed to investigate relationship between attitude and practical commitment to prayer with subjective well-bring in chronic renal failure patients admitted in selected hospitals in kashan city, 2019.

This study was a descriptive analytical research. 180 patients were selected through census method. The research tools included: background information questionnaire, attitude and practicing prayer questionnaire, and Edinburgh subjective well-being questionnaire. Data were analyzed by SPSS version 16 using t-test, Pearson correlation coefficient and regression analysis.

The findings of this study showed that 59% of subjects were male, 80.6% were married, mean score of attitude and practical commitment to prayer (on a scale of 200-0) and subjective well-being (on a scale of 147-14) in the patients under study was 144.92±28.73 and 52.57±4.64, respectively. The variables of attitude and practical commitment to prayer and non-other underlying illness, in addition to renal failure, explained 74% and 20% of the variance of subjective well-being score, respectively. There was a statistically significant relationship between employment status and place of residence with subjective well-being, so that the scores of subjective well-being were higher in unemployed and rural patients.

Subjective well-being of patients in this study was high, the score of attitude and practical commitment to prayer and non-other underlying illness can be the important variables related to subjective well-being.