The Effect of Spiritual Self-Care virtual Training on Anxiety Caused by Corona in Final Year Nursing Students

Fear and anxiety caused by a possible infection with Corona is destructive and can lead to mental abnormalities in people. The present study was conducted with the aim of determining the effect of spiritual self-care virtual training on the anxiety of corona in nursing students.

In this semi-experimental study, 60 nursing intern students in 1401 at the Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord branch, after obtaining informed consent, entered the sampling and then were randomly divided into two intervention groups (30 people) and control (30 people).In the intervention group, two sessions of virtual spiritual self-care training were held in the form of multimedia (audio, image, animation and video) for students before entering the hospital on a coordinated date and time. There was no intervention in the control group. Corona anxiety of the students after the workshop was measured using the Corona Anxiety Evaluation Questionnaire. Data were analyzed using SPSS software at a significance level of less than 0.05 and independent t and paired t tests.

The average anxiety score between the intervention and control groups before the study was 16.96 ± 67/2 and 16.94 ± 2.79 respectively, which was not statistically significant and the two groups were homogeneous (P < 0.05). However, the average anxiety score of students between the intervention and control groups after the intervention was 15.01 ± 2.64 and 16.09 ± 2.43 respectively, which had a statistically significant difference (P < 0.05).

It is recommended to carry out spiritual self-care educational interventions to reduce the anxiety of nursing students.