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Showing 4 results for Spiritual Care
Reza Shahrabadi, Daryadokht Masroor, Sakineh Hadjizadeh, Fatemeh Hosseini,
Volume 1, Issue 1 (6-2012)
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Aim The aim of this study was to compare attitude of the last-year nursing and medical students studying at Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran about spiritual careBackground The spirituality is a complex and multidimensional concepts including cognitive, behavioral and experimental aspects. For promoting spiritual care we have to consider the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual aspects of the human. The studies showed that many patients believe that spirituality plays an important role in their life they believe there is a positive relationship between their recovery and religious and spiritual aspects. Many patients expect health care personnel consider these factorsMethod A descriptive comparative design was used to conduct the study. “Spiritual care perspective scale” (SCPS) was completed by 110 nursing and 220 medical students. Data were analysed by SPSS.Findings Based on the findings, 56% of nursing students and 51.8% of medical students have positive attitude on the spiritual care of patients. There was no statistically significant difference between attitudes of the two groups of students. Nursing students had more favorable attitude about existing a superior force or transcendental existence influencing spiritual health. Medical students had more favorable attitudes about considering spiritual care as part of the caring performance.Conclusion Paying more attention to the spirituality and spiritual care in educational programs for those who provide health services seems to be necessary for educational planning authorities. It is required to improve culturally in the field of principles of beliefs and religion and their education among the young and educated people. It is necessary to improve the culture of religious believes through education among students.
Maryam Asadi, Minoo Asad Zandi, Abbas Ebadi,
Volume 2, Issue 2 (9-2013)
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Abstract Aim. This study was conducted with the aim of evaluating the effect of spritual care based on «GHALBE SALIM» model on spritual experiences of the patients who have undergone coronaryartery bypass surgery. Background. Patients undergoing open heart surgery, experience a crisis in their life. Every crisis is considered as a spiritual crisis and creates a unique experience that is rooted in culture and religion. Spiritual intervention which considers the spiritual mutual experience of the therapist and client is called spiritual care based on «GHALBE SALIM» model. Method. In this clinical trial, 60 patients, candidated for elective coronary artery bypass graft surgery, were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. Experimental group received spiritual care based on»GHALBE SALIM» model during hospital stay. The questionnaire Daily Spiritual Experience Scale (DSES) was completed by patients at the time of admission and discharge. Findings. The level of spritual experiences at the time of hospitalization was not statristically significant between groups. On discharge, after implementing «GHALBE SALIM» model, the level of spritual experiences in experimental group was significantly higher in comparison with control group (P<0.001). Conclusion. Spiritual care based on «GHALB SALIM» model increases the level of spiritual experiences and could be performed for meeting spiritual needs of patients.
Faezeh Soltani, Meysam Chahqui, Mansoor Arab, Seyed-Fakhraldin Hosseini, Fatima Dabbagh,
Volume 5, Issue 4 (3-2017)
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Aim. This research aims to investigate the effects of spiritual care on pain in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery.
Background. Pain as a significant problem in patients undergoing CABG requires nursing care. Because of side effects from opioids, it is important to use non-pharmacological approaches such as spiritual care to control pain in these patients.
Method. This clinical trial was performed on 70 patients after CABG. Data collection tools included a demographic questionnaire, and McGill Pain questionnaire. The patients were randomly assigned into two groups of experimental and control. Spiritual care program in the experimental group included supportive presence, supporting patient’s rituals, and using supportive systems for 3 days. Pain levels were measured before and after intervention for both groups. The control group did not receive any intervention. Data were analyzed in SPSS version 20.
Findings. There was no statistically significant difference between the two groups in terms of in demographic characteristics. Before intervention, no statistically significant difference was found between the pain scores of the groups, however, after the intervention, pain scores were significantly lower in the experimental group than in the control group. There was also a statistically significant difference between the pain scores of the experiment group before and after the intervention. Such a difference was not found in the control group.
Conclusion. Spiritual care program reduced pain in patients undergoing CABG. With regard to the results of the present study, it is suggested that nurses include religious-spiritual care in nursing care plan as a helpful way to control pain in these patients.
Rasool Eslami Akbar, Zahra Rahimi, Zohreh Badiyepeymaiejahromi,
Volume 9, Issue 1 (3-2020)
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Aim. This review study was conducted to review the effects, challenges and strategies for providing spiritual care in people with heart disease.
Background. The management of people with heart disease is complex and the course of the disease is unpredictable. The needs of people with heart disease are varied. The available evidence confirms the high level of patients' spiritual needs and desire to receive spiritual care.
Method. In this study, scientific databases and search engines such as Google Scholar, SID, Scopus, PubMed and Web of Science were used to find papers published between 2000 and 2020. The keywords included spiritual care, cardiac disease, cardiac patient, heart disease, coronary artery disease and their Persian equivalents. The selected articles for review were those in Persian or English language and about spiritual care and people with heart disease that their full text were available.
Findings. A total of 27 articles were reviewed. The spiritual needs of people with heart disease, the effect of spiritual interventions in reducing the symptoms of these patients and the problems of achieving this goal and the way to solve them were reviewed.
Conclusion. Spiritual care in patients with heart disease improves quality of life, spiritual well-being, reduces anxiety and depression; therefore, it is necessary to include spiritual care in the usual care of people with heart disease.
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