جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه « Spiritual Health » در نشریات گروه « پزشکی »

Occupational stress in nurses of special departments, in addition to the health of nurses, has an impact on their job satisfaction, and spirituality as one of the components of health can lead to the improvement of occupational performance by controlling the stress caused by work, therefore, the present study aims to determine the relationship between health spirituality has been done with occupational stress and job satisfaction of special care nurses.

This cross sectional study was conducted among a total of over 100 nurses working in the critical care units of hospitals in the city of Varamin and suburbs in 2021. Using census sampling, data were collected using Spiritual Well Being Scale (SWBS), Nursing Stress Scale (NSS), and Minnesota Job Satisfaction (MSQ) questionnaire. Descriptive and analytical statistics were performed using SPSS version 22 software.

The nurses had average levels of spiritual health (91.23 ± 13.27, range: 34-118), job stress (92.51 ± 21.11, range: 44-134), and job satisfaction (49.52 ± 10.89, range: 26-70). The Pearson correlation showed that religious health (r = 0.244, P = 0.014), existential health (r = 0.248, P = 0.013), and spiritual health (r = 0.207, P = 0.039) were positively related to job satisfaction in the domain of occupation type. There was no significant correlation between spiritual health and job stress (P>0.05).

Higher spiritual health may be associated with greater job satisfaction in the type of job. It is suggested that the role of spiritual health and its relationship with job satisfaction and job stress should be analyzed in advanced analyses, taking into account intervening variables.

Spiritual health is defined as an inner and satisfying feeling of being constructive with oneself and others and a feeling of superiority in the specific cultural framework of each society, which means life and death. On the other hand, self-efficacy is one of the results of self-confidence and self-mastery, which always has valuable results in the behavior and performance of people in different fields, especially in the field of treatment and medicine. Based on the evidence, spiritual health, and self-efficacy have a close relationship with cooperation, so the belief in self-efficacy and spirituality can cause it to be in the level of utilization and quality of self-efficacy. This study was conducted to determine the relationship between spiritual health and self-efficacy of medical interns at Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences.

The method of this research is descriptive of the correlation type and the statistical population of the research includes all medical interns (320 people) studying at Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences in 1402. 176 internship students participated in this study. After obtaining permission, all samples were informed about the purpose of the research. To collect information, Palutzian's (1982) spiritual health questionnaire, which includes 10 religious health questions and 10 existential health questions, and Sherer's (1982) self-efficacy questionnaire, which has 17 items, were used. This scale measures three aspects of behavior, which include: the desire to initiate the behavior, the desire to try harder to complete the task, and resistance to facing obstacles. The validity and reliability of the questionnaire have been proven to be 79% in Barati Bakhtiari's research and 73% in Malek Shahi et al.'s research. The information obtained by Pearson's correlation coefficient method and stepwise regression of the measured item and independent t-test to compare spiritual health and self-efficacy in sex. Male and female were used.

According to demographic data, among the 176 people who entered our study, 103 (58.5%) were male and 73 (41.5%) were female. In this research, 12 people (6.8 percent) had high spiritual health and only 6 people (3.4 percent) had low spiritual health. In general, the students' spiritual scores vary between 30 and 114, and the average was 78.71±34.16. 146 people (84.4%) had high self-efficacy 25 people (14.5%) had medium self-efficacy and finally, only 2 people (1.2%) had low self-efficacy. The self-efficacy score of the participants in the present study is between 0 and 85 with an average of 60.11±12.38. There is a significant relationship between the religious part and the existential part of spiritual health with self-efficacy (P=0.001 and P<0.000, respectively). In addition, the results of the independent t-test showed that the spiritual health of female interns is higher than that of men. However, in the self-efficacy component, female interns scored lower than male interns.

Considering the meaningful correlation between spiritual health and self-efficacy, it is appropriate to design spiritual education through the elements of spiritual curriculum in educational curricula, which will lead to the development of all-round learning. In medical education, to improve the level of self-efficacy of interns, it is possible to use the strengthening of the belief base, and it is also suggested to hold training courses to improve spiritual well-being and self-efficacy beliefs along with providing appropriate educational content.

Death, as a revitalizing experience, can play a significant role in the path to human spiritual health and the idea of anthropology, but the fear of death, which is sometimes taken to extremes, can make the achievements of this religious experience less effective or ineffective. Therefore, in the present study, an attempt was made to introduce death as a religious experience and a solution to avoid fear and panic towards it, and examine its developmental effects on spiritual health intended by Islam.

The current research is of library and descriptive-analytical type. First, the definitions whose content seemed necessary as the background of the research were proposed and the main research was conducted in several stages in the way of finding the right answer to the main research question. That is, first, death was introduced as one of the stages of life and it was represented in the form of a religious experience, and in the next stage, the reasons for the fear of death in relation to spiritual health were identified. Finally, the developmental effects and benefits of thinking about this religious experience were investigated. The authors of the article reported no conflict of interest.

Based on the results of the present study, death was recognized as a religious experience. The causes of fear of death are ignorance of the truth of death, sin, wrongdoings, and attachment to the world and its manifestations. The decline of neglect and the reduction of lusts, the consolation of worldly pains, the full productivity of life, the longing for the hereafter, and the attainment of otherworldly values and authorities, reluctance toward the world, the cleansing of sins are among the effects and benefits of thinking about death; the role of each of these factors in spiritual health can be considered in the future studies.

The religious experience of death with its Islamic background in the direction of anthropology and theology is not to be feared, but causes the growth and development of man and guides the modern man toward their origin, and from the point of view of Islam, this is the greatest achievement of death in providing the spiritual health of man. Therefore, it is necessary to identify the causes of fear and avoid them. On the other hand, paying attention to the benefits of research about death guarantees spiritual health.

Spiritual health means having a sense of acceptance, morality and a sense of positive mutual connection with a sovereign and superior holy power, others and oneself, which is achieved through a dynamic and harmonious process. Achieving a healthy and successful society is possible through ensuring the spiritual health of the family, which is the most fundamental structure of society. On this basis, this study was done to identify the underlying variables of spiritual health in Muslim couples.

This review study is a descriptive. To collect data, the keywords of spiritual health, spirituality, spouses and couples, and Islam were searched on Google Scholar, Normags, SID, and Magiran databases from 1980 to 2020. After reviewing 53 documentaries, the underlying variables of spiritual health in Islamic texts were extracted through conventional content analysis method. The authors of the article reported no conflict of interest.

Forty-seven extracted codes were classified into 6 subcategories (effective in spiritual, behavioral, emotional, cognitive, sexual relationships and family structure). In the present article, the underlying variables of spiritual health in the spiritual and behavioral relationships of couples were presented. The underlying variables of spiritual health in the spiritual relationships of couples include efforts in obedience to God, participation in acts of worship, having a purposeful life, and assistance in growth and prosperity. The underlying variables of spiritual health in the behavioral relationships of couples include flexibility and easy-goingness, pleasantness and good company, responsible behavior, secrecy and covering up faults, neatness, anger control, good conversation, spending time together, generosity and devotion to relatives.

The spiritual health of couples create purpose and meaning in life, flexibility, feeling of responsibility, violence management, sociability and openness, which leads to the this-worldly and afterlife growth of couples.

Depression is one of the common mental challenges in society, which is not limited to a specific time, place, or person, and can include all groups of society, including students. In the past, the positive effect of spirituality on mental health has been proven and this relationship is known to be significant. This study was conducted to determine the relationship between spiritual health and depression in medical students of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences.

In this cross-sectional observational-descriptive study, 108 basic science students, 54 physiopathology students, and 188 clinical medical students of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences were investigated. To collect data, a questionnaire form including spiritual health and depression questionnaires was used. Demographic status, including age, sex, educational level, living status, and native status were also asked at the beginning of the questionnaire. Data analysis was done using SPSS version 24 software.

Data analysis showed that the level of spiritual health of the majority of participants (53.4%) was moderate. The level of spiritual health had a statistically significant relationship with all demographic variables except age. In terms of depression status, 241 people (68.9%) of the participants did not have depression. Eighty people (22.9%) had mild depression, 25 people (7.1%) had moderate depression, and 4 people (1.1%) had severe depression. The state of depression had a statistically significant relationship with the variables of residence status and being native/non-native, and it did not have a statistically significant relationship with other demographic variables. The state of depression had a statistically significant relationship with the level of spiritual health in such a way that the highest prevalence of lack of depression was related to the group with the high level of spiritual health and severe depression had the highest prevalence in the group with the low level of spiritual health (P<0.05).

The present study showed that there was a significant and inverse relationship between spiritual health and the severity of depression in medical students of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences. Therefore, promoting spiritual health can be considered as one of the approaches to reduce the prevalence of depression in the student population.

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.

Non-duality leadership follows the course of human being, and on this basis, it brought human evolution and growth. A person who is placed in this spiritual path and moves towards the peak of oneness and godliness will also enjoy spiritual health. Therefore, in this research, we seek to identify the strategies that non-duality leadership promotes the spiritual health of employees.

The present study is a qualitative research of thematic analysis type. The data collection tool was a semi-structured interview conducted with 13 experts. To analyze the interviews, thematic analysis such as descriptive coding, interpretive coding, and integration through overarching themes were used.

According to the interviews conducted with experts and based on the coding done, 13 non-duality leadership strategies were identified for the spiritual health of employees, and these 13 strategies are under the 4 main themes of spiritual actions, spiritual connection, thoughtful actions, and Self-awareness was categorized.

Nom-duality leadership, according to the strategies it creates in the context of the movement and being transformation of people, also facilitates their spiritual health in the light of the journey in the being worlds. Therefore, the identified strategies will improve the spiritual health of the employees as well as the spiritual perfection of their inner path.

Leukemia patients are physically and mentally vulnerable. Considering that the spiritual health of these people is directly and indirectly affected in the process of follow-up and treatment of their disease, and they may face death anxiety due to the nature of the disease, the existence of basic research, comprehensive and in accordance with the culture ruling the society, is necessary to investigate the relationship between spiritual health and death anxiety of these patients.

In this descriptive-cross-sectional correlational research, 219 patients with leukemia in Shahid Beheshti Hospitals and Imam Khomeini Oncology Clinic in Hamedan city were selected by convenience sampling method and examined. Data collection tools were demographic information form, Paloutzian & Ellison's spiritual health questionnaire (1983), and Templer's death anxiety questionnaire (1970). The data were analyzed using SPSS version 25 software.

The results of study showed that 127 (58%) were men and 92 (42%) were women, and the mean age was 46.65 ± 15.45 years. A total of 215 patients (98.2%) had moderate spiritual health and 4 patients (1.8%) had high spiritual health. Also, it was found that there is no significant relationship between spiritual health and death anxiety (P>0.05).

Although the findings of this study showed that there is no significant relationship between death anxiety and the spiritual health of leukemia patients, it is necessary to conduct more and more practical research to find out all aspects of their relationship with each other and the factors that affect them. Also, this study determined that most of these patients have high death anxiety, and it is necessary to investigate its causes and to help reduce this anxiety by taking appropriate measures such as providing psychological counseling to these patients.

One of the topics to be pondered in the aspect of the foundations of spiritual health from the perspective of Islam is the relationship between epistemological foundations and health. For this reason, it requires deep insight and theorizing of thinkers in religion and health. In this research, the aim is to express the approach of the spiritual health model based on epistemological perceptions.

Methods and Materials: 

In this research, a descriptive, analytical, and inferential method has been used using library resources to describe the concepts, and analyze and explain the problem.

To get a satisfactory answer about the meaning of human health, it is necessary to look at the human being from a complete philosophical perspective, which should pay special attention to all aspects of his existence. Since Islam is a monotheistic religion, in addition to recognizing the use of sense, reasoning, intuition, and illumination in its fields, it has given the Qur’an and the prophetic life a stable and uninterrupted source for epistemology. Also, Islam can explain the whole dimensions of human existence and all dimensions of health in the religious paradigm, express the effectiveness of a person’s mental state on the health or illness of his body, and offer fruitful methods for healing the mental pains of patients.

With an epistemological look at the body, we find that the body is the lower order of the soul. The body of the soul is the body to which the body is possessed and belongs, and the existential effects of the soul and the world of the soul are carried out in this physical body, therefore, it is one of the achievements of the cognitive foundations of the human soul and the soul, to which the health of the body is subordinate.

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..

 Investigating the effective factors in the emotional adjustment of neglected and poorly supervised teenagers is necessary because of their problems; therefore, the present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the role of spiritual health and cognitive flexibility in the emotional adjustment of poorly supervised and neglected adolescents.

 The current research is descriptive-correlational. The research community consisted of all the poorly supervised and neglected adolescents aged 13 to 18 supported by the welfare centers of Bojnord city (Helia Girls' Center and Ehsan Land Center) in the academic year 2022-2023. They were 120 and were selected using the census sampling method. They filled in Palutzin and Ellison's Spiritual Health, Dennis and Vanderwaal's Cognitive Flexibility, and Sinha and Singh's Emotional Adjustment questionnaires. Pearson correlation test and multiple regression analysis method on SPSS version 25 software were used for data analysis. In the present study, all ethical considerations were observed and the authors reported no conflict of interests.

 The results showed that the relationship of spiritual health (r=0.587) and cognitive flexibility (r=0.599) with emotional adjustment was positive and significant (P<0.01). Also, the regression results showed that spiritual health explained 33.6% and cognitive flexibility explained 37.3% of the variance in emotional adjustment.

 Strengthening the spiritual health and cognitive flexibility of poorly supervised and neglected adolescents can be effective in strengthening their emotional adaptation; The fundamental effect of spiritual health can play a very important role as one of the main sources of identity creation and identification in society, especially in a religious society like Iran.

 Emotional, cognitive and behavioral characteristics play an essential role in the quality of life of nurses. Therefore, the present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the role of spiritual health and coping styles in predicting the quality of life of nurses.

 The research method is descriptive-correlational. The research community included all married female nurses working in public and private medical centers in Tehran in the second 6 months of 2022, 409 of whom were selected through available sampling and through social networks. The expression of data collection included the spiritual health questionnaires of Palutzian and Ellison, coping styles of Calsbeek et al. and the quality of life of the World Health Organization. Data analysis was performed using Pearson's correlation test and multiple regressions simultaneously on the SPSS software version 24. In the present study, all ethical considerations were observed and the authors reported no conflict of interests.

 The results showed that the correlation of spiritual health and problem-oriented strategy with nurses' quality of life was positive, but the correlation of avoidance strategy and emotion-oriented strategy with nurses' quality of life was negative (P<0.01). Also, spiritual health components explained 13.9% and coping styles explained 25.1% of the variance in quality of life.

 The finding of the present study indicate the importance of coping styles as one of the important personal structures and spiritual health as one of the important spiritual structures in improving the quality of life of nurses.

Self-care includes the actions that people use voluntarily, consciously, and purposefully for themselves, their families, and their society to take steps to protect their physical, mental, and social health. From the point of view of Islam, self-care in the field of health has been comprehensively explained and includes all material and non-material fields of human beings. This research aims to collect and analyze data from Islamic sources - the Holy Quran and Sunnah - to explain the basic factors of self-care in spiritual health. Therefore, the verses and narrations related to spiritual health have been analyzed with the descriptive-analytical method and the library method. Therefore, by deriving data from Islamic sources, they were analyzed with a comparative approach to explain the essential factors in spiritual health by inferring categories and concepts related to spiritual health. Finally, the result is that belief in the resurrection and fear of God’s glory are two essential factors in self-care for spiritual health.