Effectiveness of spirituality intervention based in islsmic teaching on loneliness and death anxiety in the weman elderly of Ahvaz

Spirituality is one of the important dimention of elderly and have has an important role in mental helth of them. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of spirituality intervention based on Islamic teaching on loneliness and death anxiety in the elderly. This research method was quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest and control group. The study population consisted all older people living in Ahvaz. Firstly, loneliness and death anxiety questionnaire was completed by all the elderly and then among them who had earned an equal or above score from cut point in loneliness and anxiety questionnaires, thirty subjects were selected and randomly assigned in experimental (n=15) and control groups (n=15). Then, the spirituality intervention was administered for experimental group in 12 sessions and the control group was not receiving any training. Finally posttest was conducted for experimental and control groups. Data was analyzed by using the covariance analysis. Results showed that the spirituality intervention had been effective on decreasing of feeling of loneliness and death anxiety in experimental group. Thus, the need for use of of spirituality intervention focused on the mood and emotional problem of elderly population especially reducing of loneliness and death anxiety is necessary.