THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SPIRITUAL HEALTH AND RELIGIOUS COPING WITH OCCUPATIONAL STRESS OF NURSES WORKING IN BANDARGAZ CITY HOSPITAL IN 2023

One important and effective component of controlling nurses' occupational stress is paying attention to the spiritual dimension of health and religious attitudes and beliefs. This study aimed to determine the relationship between spiritual health and religious coping with occupational stress among nurses working in Bandargaz Hospital in 2023.

The present research is a descriptive cross-sectional correlation study. One hundred twenty-eight nurses working in Bandargaz Hospital were included in the study. Data was collected through Poltzin Wallison's spiritual health questionnaire, Pargament's religious coping questionnaire, and Gary Taft and Anderson's job stress questionnaires. The data was analyzed using descriptive and analytical statistics in SPSS software ver.22.0.

The job stress level of nurses (133.55 ± 8.84) was determined to be high. The study revealed a significant negative correlation between spiritual health (-0.163) and religious coping (-0.322) with occupational stress (p<0.01).

Considering the role of spiritual health and religious coping on nurses' occupational stress, the health system should consider providing and promoting mental and spiritual health by using religious coping strategies and the optimistic attitude of the nursing staff towards it. This should be done by increasing awareness and its impact on better job performance and reducing stressful factors..