جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه « Spirituality » در نشریات گروه « پزشکی »

Breast cancer is a serious health problem among women that affects their performance and mental health. In order to deal with this challenge, these people should consider a practical solution such as recognizing and promoting spirituality in themselves. Because spirituality is an important resource that can cause positive effects on their physical and mental condition.

In this study, a qualitative design was used using content analysis and in-depth individual semi-structured interviews until reaching data saturation. 13 breast cancer patients were selected from the chemotherapy center of Peymaniye Jahrom Hospital by targeted sampling method. The interviews were recorded with the permission of the interviewees, and analysis was conducted immediately after the interview. The research team and two research experts checked the quality of the codes to ensure that the data were saturated.

The average age of the patients was 44.30 years. Also, 12 of the studied patients were married and 1 was single. The average duration of their illness was 2.68 years. The initial analysis led to the production of 240 semantic units, and finally 74 primary codes, 22 sub-categories, 10 sub-categories and 3 main categories (spiritual needs, factors of fear and suffering and the results of spirituality in patients) were extracted.

The results of the present study showed that living with breast cancer can change the path of life, beliefs and spiritual attitudes of patients. In addition, it will cause their spiritual growth and excellence.

Many studies have shown that imagining God is effective in internalizing the emotional control of anxiety. The present study was conducted with the aim of further investigating the effect of this variable.

In this semi-experimental study, 60 patients were selected from the patients who were candidates for heart surgery, admitted to the surgical departments (30 in the experimental group, 30 in the control group). Beck's anxiety questionnaires, God image inventory and researcher-made attributive questionnaire form C (reconstruction of Wiener scale) were used. People in the intervention group, in addition to drug treatment, with cognitive-behavioral method with emphasis on Islamic thoughts, two group discussion sessions; They received problem solving training based on spiritual skills, but the control group only received drug treatment. The data obtained from the pre-test, after the end of the training session and follow-up one month after open heart surgery, were analyzed through SPSS software.

Data analysis showed that the perception of God has a positive correlation with the locus of control (r = 0.723 **), but the locus of control has a negative correlation with the emotion score (r = -0.597). Also, the results showed that the average anxiety scores in the experimental group in the post-test and follow-up phase were significantly different from before the intervention compared to the control group (P=0.0001). Also, the analysis showed that there is a significant difference between the average scores of the control position and the average of the subscales of perception of God (influence, divine providence, acceptance, presence, challenge, benevolence) in the two experimental and control groups in the follow-up phase (P=0.0001).

Designing and implementing group logotherapy can be an effective approach to reduce anxiety before heart surgery and increase the place of internal control and subscales of perception of God.

Spiritual well-being stands out as a crucial element of human health that enhances an individual's adaptive capacity. The aim of this study was to explore the correlation between spiritual health and self-efficacy among nursing students at a military university in Tehran.

This cross-sectional (descriptive-analytical) study was carried out in the years 2022-23 at a military nursing school. A total of 220 undergraduate nursing students were selected through a census method, with 190 students ultimately participating in the study. Data were collected using an individual characteristics questionnaire, the Ellison and Paltzion Spiritual Health Questionnaire, and the Sherer General Self-Efficacy Questionnaire.

The average scores for spiritual health (75.27±6.72) and self-efficacy (47.92±6.5) among nursing students fell within the moderate range. A positive and statistically significant relationship was observed between the spiritual health and self-efficacy of nursing students (r=0.313, p<0.001). Additionally, a positive correlation was found between self-efficacy and both educational semester (r=0.238, p=0.001) and age (r=0.248, p=0.001). However, no significant relationship was identified between spiritual health and any of the students’ individual variables.

The findings of this study underscore the significance of spiritual health in bolstering the self-efficacy of nursing students. It is therefore recommended to focus on promoting spiritual health among nursing students as a means to enhance their self-efficacy.

COVID-19 quickly spread all over the world and became a major public health problem in many countries of the world, including Iran. Considering that spirituality can act like a shield against stressors and help people to cope with the disease more effectively, the purpose of this research was to analyze the spiritual life experiences of people with a history of covid-19.

This study was qualitative and was conducted using a hermeneutic phenomenology approach. In this study, 14 people with a history of COVID-19 were selected to participate in the study using targeted sampling method. Face-to-face and semi-structured interviews were used to collect data. The data analysis was done using the seven-step method of Diekelmann et al. All ethical considerations were observed in this research, and the authors did not report any conflicts of interest.

According to the results, the spiritual life experiences of people with a history of COVID-19 can be explained with 3 themes of parapsychic experiences, invocation, and spiritual dreams. Also, in this study, a constructive pattern called "Experiencing the Holy" was developed.

The findings of this study provide a deep insight into the spiritual life experiences of patients with a history of COVID-19. The constructive pattern of "Experiencing the Holy" and its 3 themes highlight the deep influence of spirituality on experiences and recovery from illness and emphasize the importance of addressing the spiritual needs of patients in health care settings and the role of spirituality in dealing with illness and promoting spirituality.

Islamic life skills appear in all aspects of people's life. These skills lead to personal and spiritual transformation. According to the mentioned structure of Islamic life skills, it is essential to create a precise instrument to measure it. Therefore, the present study was conducted to examine the validity and reliability of the Islamic Life Skills Questionnaire.

The present study is descriptive. The statistical population of the study was 150 students in Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, who were selected based on their availability and answered Parsian and Donning's Spirituality Questionnaire, Zare's and Aminpour's Religious Beliefs Questionnaire, and Islamic Life Skills Questionnaire. The validity and reliability of the Islamic Life Skills Questionnaire were determined using Pearson’s correlation statistical analysis, Cronbach's alpha analysis and factor analysis. In this research, all ethical considerations were observed and the authors of the article did not report any conflict of interest.

Based on the results obtained, a positive and significant relationship was found between the variables of spirituality, religious belief, and Islamic life skills. Cronbach's alpha for the Islamic Life Skills Questionnaire was 0.92. The four factors obtained from this questionnaire include: paying attention to God's commands in life, paying attention to the rights of others, paying attention to personal capabilities and paying attention to oneself.

The findings showed that the Islamic Life Skills Questionnaire is valid and reliable; Future researchers can use this questionnaire to expand Islamic science.

Spirituality plays a role in various dimensions of human psychological life. One of these dimensions is emotional cognitive regulation, which studies have shown to be predicted by spirituality. COVID-19 healthcare professionals use both emotional self-regulation and spirituality as coping strategies. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between individual dimensions of spirituality and emotional cognitive regulation among employees in the COVID-19 prevention and control sector.

This study is a descriptive correlational. The sample population consisted of active employees in the COVID-19 prevention and control sector of health centers. 119 health center employees who had been exposed to COVID-19 for at least six months participated in this study and responded to the Garnefski and Kraaij’s Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire and the Parsian and Dunning’s Spirituality Questionnaire. All ethical considerations were observed in this research, and the authors did not report any conflicts of interest.

The results showed a significant positive relationship between spiritual meaning and positive refocusing (r=0.24), positive reappraisal (r=0.41), positive refocusing (r=0.41), and perspective taking (r=0.27). Spiritual activity had a significant positive relationship with positive refocusing (r=0.35), positive reappraisal (r=0.39), positive refocusing (r=0.31), and perspective taking (r=0.32), and a negative and significant relationship with catastrophizing (r=-0.22). Additionally, self-awareness had a significant positive relationship with positive refocusing (r=0.38), positive reappraisal (r=0.43), positive refocusing (r=0.34), and perspective taking (r=0.26), and a negative and significant relationship with catastrophizing (r=-0.29), other-blame (r=-0.23), and rumination (r=-0.25). Furthermore, there was a significant positive relationship between the importance of spirituality and positive refocusing (r=0.23), positive reappraisal (r=0.28), positive refocusing (r=0.30), and perspective taking (r=0.23).

There was a significant relationship between various dimensions of spirituality and emotional cognitive regulation among employees in the COVID-19 prevention and control sector, with the highest correlation belonging to the dimensions of spiritual self-awareness and positive refocusing on cognitive-emotional regulation.

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.

Researches about the development and effectiveness of the family-centered psychological intervention program on the importance of promoting spiritual vitality in patients with multiple sclerosis are limited. Therefore, the aim of the current research, in addition to developing a program, was to determine the effectiveness of family-oriented psychological intervention on the improvement of spiritual vitality in patients with multiple sclerosis.

The research design included two qualitative and quantitative parts. In the qualitative part, a family-centered intervention program was developed and in the quantitative part of this research, it was a semi-experimental type with a pre-test-post-test design with a three-month follow-up along with a control group. In the qualitative part, the statistical population included psychology professors, multiple sclerosis patients and psychologists living in Tehran who had experience working with multiple sclerosis patients. The sample included 4 psychology professors, 4 psychologists who had experience working with multiple sclerosis patients, and 4 patients with multiple sclerosis who were selected in a targeted manner. In the quantitative part, the statistical population of the study includes all patients with multiple sclerosis living in Tehran who were members of the MS Association and in the spring of 2023, they referred to the MS Association. In order to form two groups using the purposeful sampling method, First, 32 people were selected and then they were randomly grouped into two experimental and control groups. Questionnaires and surveys were used to collect qualitative data. also, Afrooz spiritual vitality questionnaire (2015) was used to collect data in the quantitative part. The research data were analyzed in the qualitative part by the Laushe method and the data in the quantitative part by using mixed variance analysis tests with repeated measurements in SPSS software version 22.

The results of the validation of the developed program showed that the family-oriented psychological program has high validity (r=0.84). Other results showed that between spiritual vitality (F = 5.730, P = 0.023) and its components including feelings and behavior (F = 5.395, P = 0.027) and beliefs (5.754). F, P=0.023) there is a significant difference in the experimental and control groups, and this difference is the result of the implementation of the family-oriented psychological program intervention in the experimental group.

According to the results of this research, the developed family-centered intervention program is an effective method in improving spiritual vitality in patients with multiple sclerosis, therefore, multiple sclerosis therapists and centers are advised to use family-oriented psychological intervention programs to improve the psychological status of these patients.

Researches about the development and effectiveness of the family-centered psychological intervention program on the importance of promoting spiritual vitality in patients with multiple sclerosis are limited. Therefore, the aim of the current research, in addition to developing a program, was to determine the effectiveness of family-oriented psychological intervention on the improvement of spiritual vitality in patients with multiple sclerosis.

The research design included two qualitative and quantitative parts. In the qualitative part, a family-centered intervention program was developed and in the quantitative part of this research, it was a semi-experimental type with a pre-test-post-test design with a three-month follow-up along with a control group. In the qualitative part, the statistical population included psychology professors, multiple sclerosis patients and psychologists living in Tehran who had experience working with multiple sclerosis patients. The sample included 4 psychology professors, 4 psychologists who had experience working with multiple sclerosis patients, and 4 patients with multiple sclerosis who were selected in a targeted manner. In the quantitative part, the statistical population of the study includes all patients with multiple sclerosis living in Tehran who were members of the MS Association and in the spring of 2023, they referred to the MS Association. In order to form two groups using the purposeful sampling method, First, 32 people were selected and then they were randomly grouped into two experimental and control groups. Questionnaires and surveys were used to collect qualitative data. also, Afrooz spiritual vitality questionnaire (2015) was used to collect data in the quantitative part. The research data were analyzed in the qualitative part by the Laushe method and the data in the quantitative part by using mixed variance analysis tests with repeated measurements in SPSS software version 22.

The results of the validation of the developed program showed that the family-oriented psychological program has high validity (r=0.84). Other results showed that between spiritual vitality (F = 5.730, P = 0.023) and its components including feelings and behavior (F = 5.395, P = 0.027) and beliefs (5.754). F, P=0.023) there is a significant difference in the experimental and control groups, and this difference is the result of the implementation of the family-oriented psychological program intervention in the experimental group.

According to the results of this research, the developed family-centered intervention program is an effective method in improving spiritual vitality in patients with multiple sclerosis, therefore, multiple sclerosis therapists and centers are advised to use family-oriented psychological intervention programs to improve the psychological status of these patients.

 Spiritual happiness is one of the types of positive emotions that play an important role in helping people adapt to the situation in stressful situations. Also, the meaning of life and psychological capitals are also variables that form the basis of effective, directed and continuous coping of individuals with difficult conditions. Therefore, based on this, the current research was conducted with the aim of predicting spiritual happiness based on meaning in life and psychological capital, with the mediation of students' sense of coherence during the Covid-19 epidemic.

 The present study is a descriptive survey-based study involving the use of structural equation modeling. The statistical population included all male and female undergraduate students (day and night) of Isfahan University in the academic year 2020-2021. There were 360​​students from this community who volunteered to participate in the research. In this study, the data were collected using a questionnaire of demographic characteristics, Chirian & Afrooz’s spiritual happiness questionnaire, Steger et al.’s meaning in life questionnaire, Luthans psychological capital questionnaire and Antonovsky’s sense of coherence questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed on Smart PLS2 and using structural equation modeling. In the present study, all ethical considerations were observed and the authors reported no conflict of interest.

 The results showed that meaning in life and psychological capital with the mediation of sense of coherence has a positive and significant relationship with spiritual happiness (P<0.00).

 Having spiritual vitality plays an important role in helping people to face the life challenges. Meaning in life and psychological capitals create a source of internal resistance that can be effective in creating spiritual vitality in students in interaction with the sense of coherence.

 Grief is a widespread phenomenon and a normal reaction to loss. During the Covid-19 pandemic, the painful experiences of loss and disability caused unbearable grief, regret, and even anger to the bereaved making it more difficult to cope with the loss in their lives. Religion and spirituality seem to be important factors in the reactions of the bereaved people to grief. People who experience high levels of religiosity and spirituality may better manage their stress and have more meaning in life. The aim of this study was to predict the reaction to grief based on the practice of religious beliefs and meaning seeking in the people bereaved due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

 The present study was a descriptive correlational study. The statistical population of this study included those over 18 years old who were living in Sanandaj, Iran in 2021. They had lost a first-degree relative due to the Covid-19 pandemic at the time of the study. Using Tabachenik and Norcross sampling formulas, 106 participants were selected as the sample size by the available sampling method. Standard scales of sense of meaning in life, the practice of religious beliefs, and the mourning experience questionnaire were used to measure the research variables. Data were analyzed by Pearson’s correlation and regression analysis. In this study, all ethical considerations were observed and the authors reported no conflict of interest.

 The results of the regression analysis and multiple correlation coefficient indicated that the variables of religiosity and meaning seeking were significantly associated with grief reactions with a MR value of 55.0 and significance levels of P<0.05 and P<0.001, respectively. Considering the coefficient of determination of 0.31, the predictor variables explained the variance in grief reactions.

 Religion and spirituality help people to better cope with external and internal adversity. Practicing religious beliefs and Seeking Meaning is an important factor in the process of grief and can help the bereaved person cope with their grief and stress.

With the birth of a premature newborn, mothers experience new relationships, especially with nurses. The stress caused by the hospitalization of a premature newborn can negatively affect the health of the mother and then the health of the newborn. Therefore, a recent study was conducted to assess the relationship between spiritual health and perception of the communication with the nurse, in mothers with premature newborns admitted to the neonatal intensive care units of hospitals in Bushehr province in 2022.

The current research is a cross-sectional descriptive-analytical study. The statistical population of this study was 218 mothers of premature newborns admitted to the neonatal intensive care units. Data gathering was done by convenience sampling and by using a demographic form of mother and newborn, spiritual health questionnaire (Palutzian & Ellison) with two dimensions, religious health and existential health and perception of communication with a nurse (Reid et al) questionnaire.

54% of mothers had average spiritual health and 46% of them had high spiritual health. The mean and standard deviation of perception of communication with the nurse was 62.41±10.42. The result of linear regression showed that the mother's existential health can be a positive predictor for the perception of communication with the nurses (=β0.437 ؛ P>0.001). Also, no significant relationship was between the mother's religious health and perception of communication with the nurse (=β0.085 ؛ P=0.001).

Since existential health as a part of spiritual health can be a positive predictor perception of the communication with the nurse, it is suggested that the hospitals have programs for the parents of premature newborns, specifically the mothers, to improve their spiritual health, especially the existential health. By increasing optimal interactions with the nurse, it will reduce stress and increase participation in the care of the newborn.