The Concept of Spirituality in Heart Attack Patients: Analysis of the Concept Using Rogers' Evolutionary Method

The concept of spirituality in heart attack patients needs more clarification and indexing. This study was conducted to analyze the concept of spirituality in patients with myocardial infarction.

In this study, the evolutionary approach of Rogers concept analysis was used. In this borrowed method, the approach is inductive and detailed analysis, and the focus of the study is based on the collection and analysis of raw data, and the goal is to clarify the concept, its common uses, and to reveal its characteristics for further development and evolution of the concept.

Communication with God, life after death, strengthening of faith, and meaningful transformation were extracted in the dimensions of characteristics of the concept of spirituality in patients. Also, the antecedents and consequences of the concept of spirituality were discussed, and then related concepts and examples were mentioned.

Spirituality in heart attack patients was determined under the headings of communication with God, life after death, strengthening of faith, and meaningful transformation. The antecedents were considered under the two general headings of factors with a positive effect and factors with a negative effect on the concept of spirituality, and finally, it was found that the concept of spirituality in heart attack patients is associated with very important consequences such as creating hope, peace, and comfort. These things together can improve the health of these patients even more, and the familiarity and understanding of it can play an important role in creating the correct attitude of nurses towards these patients.