Assessment the status of spiritual health and related factors in elderly patients admitted to governmental hospitals in Kashsn in 2018

It is in high importance to pay attention to different aspects of health and well-being in the elderly age. Spiritual health is one of the important aspects of health status that is often neglected. So, this study was conducted with the aim of Assessment the status of spiritual health and related factors in elderly patients admitted to governmental hospitals in Kashan.

In this cross-sectional study, 300 elderly hospitalized in government hospitals in Kashan in 2018 were enrolled into study by convenience sampling. The tools of gathering data were Spiritual Well-Being Scale questionnaire. After collecting data, they were analyzed using SPSS software and independent t-test and one-way ANOVA tests.

The mean score for spiritual health was 73.93±7.67. There were positive significant correlation between spiritual health scores and age (r=0.14, P=0.01).
The independent T-test showed a significant difference between the spiritual health score and the marital status (P= 0.02). The one-way ANOVA test showed a significant difference between the spiritual health score and the job (P= 0.004) and the economic status (P= 0.01).

According to the results, the increase in age was associated with an increase in spiritual health. Married older adults with higher economic status had higher spiritual health. Unemployed seniors experienced lower spiritual health.