Investigating of the relationship between spiritual health and mental health in patients undergoing methadone maintenance treatment in Kashan in 2020

Addiction is an individual and social problem that can endanger the mental health of people in addition to the body. Since these people have a more vulnerable personality, the present study aimed to Investigating of spiritual health and mental health in patients undergoing methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) in Kashan city.

The current research is cross-sectional-analytical. 282 participants under methadone maintenance treatment were selected. After receiving demographic information, participants' mental health (SCL90) and spiritual health were measured. Then, the data was analyzed and examined with statistical methods (variance analysis and Pearson correlation coefficient test).

The average age of the participants was calculated to be 44.92 (9.00). The average age of starting to use drugs was 21.72 (4.04). The most common drug used was opium and its derivatives (64.5%). The average scores of spiritual health and mental health were calculated as 191.52 (37.20) and 139.38 (14.70), respectively. Mental health and spiritual health did not show a significant relationship with any of the demographic variables and substance use (P>0.05). Also, there was no significant relationship between mental health and spiritual health (P=0.527).

There was no significant relationship between the mental health and spiritual health of patients undergoing maintenance treatment with methadone, but the majority of them had low spiritual health and mild mental disorders. Therefore, considering the importance of spiritual health, it is necessary to do more studies in this field.