P03-250 Antecedents of spiritual distress experienced by Iranian Muslim patients: A qualitative study (original) (raw)

Spiritual aspects of care for chronic Muslim patients: A qualitative study

Journal of Education and Health Promotion, 2018

INTRODUCTION: For Muslim patients confronted with chronic diseases, spirituality is an important resource for coping. These patients expect the health team to take care of the spiritual aspects. This study aimed to explore the spiritual aspects of care for chronic Muslim patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This qualitative-descriptive exploratory study was conducted in Isfahan, Iran, on a purposive sample of 25 participants, including patients, caregivers, nurses, physicians, psychologists, social workers, and religious counselors. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and analyzed through conventional content analysis. RESULTS: The spiritual aspects of care for chronic Muslim patients fell into four main themes. The first theme was religious aspect with the three subthemes of doing religious rituals, attention to religious values, and providing the possibility of performing religious practices. The second theme, i.e., pastoral aspect, consisted of three subthemes, nam...

Spiritual Health in Nursing From the Viewpoint of Islam

Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal, 2016

Context: In order to gain a more detailed insight into the concept of spiritual health, a hybrid model of concept analysis was used to remove some of the ambiguity surrounding the conceptual meaning of spiritual health in Islamic and Iranian contexts. The purpose of this study was to clarify the meaning and nature of the spiritual health concept in the context of the practice of Islam among Iranian patients. Evidence Acquisition: The current concept analysis was undertaken according to the modified traditional hybrid model, which consists of five phases: theoretical phase, initial fieldwork phase, initial analytical phase, and final fieldwork and final analytical phase. In the theoretical phases of the study, the concept of spiritual health was described based on a literature review of publications dealing with the Islamic viewpoint (years: from 2013 to 2014, Databases and search engines: Pubmed, SID, Magiran, Noormax, Google Scholar, Google and IranMex, Languages: English and Persian, Keywords: spiritual health AND (Islam OR Quran), spirituality AND (Islam OR Quran), complete human AND Islam, healthy heart (Galb Salim) AND Islam, healthy life (Hayat tayebeh) AND Islam, calm soul (Nafse motmaeneh) And Islam and healthy wisdom (Aghle Salim) AND Islam). Purposive sampling was conducted and nine participants were selected. Semi-structured interviews and observations were conducted periodically for data collection after obtaining informed consent. Observational, theoretical, and methodological notes were made. Then, using MAXQUDA 7 software, the data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis. Results: The relevant literature in the theoretical phase uncovered the attributes of the concept of spiritual health, including love of the Creator, duty-based life, religious rationality, psychological balance, and attention to afterlife. These attributes were explored in depth in later stages. Finally, the definition of spiritual health was developed. Conclusions: Islam has a unique perspective on spiritual health as it encompasses all aspects of human beings. Thus, it is necessary to carefully study the difference between the Islamic concept of spiritual health and that of other religions and ideologies to design suitable and useful nursing care for Iranian patients that satisfy their spiritual needs.

Developing and Testing a Spiritual Care Questionnaire in the Iranian Context

2011

As most research exploring nurses' perceptions on the topic of spiritual care was conducted in Western countries, these findings may not be applicable in Iran because of cultural and health system differences. Therefore, a new survey instrument was developed for the Iranian context. The study was conducted in two steps: (1) development and validation of items for perception scale and (2) distribution of the questionnaire among nursing students to determine scale reliability and construct validity. The preliminary scale consisted of 50 items designed to measure the participants' perception of spiritual care. Construct validity of the scale was examined on the remaining 33 items. On interpretation of the items, the following four components were identified: (1) meeting patient as a being in meaning and hope, (2) meeting patient as a being in relationship, (3) meeting patient as a religious being, and (4) meeting patients as a being with autonomy. The results in this paper showed that preserving dignity in the nurses' practice meant getting involved in interpersonal caring relationships, with respect for the involved peoples' religious beliefs and their autonomy. Proper education and professionally led supervision with reflection on past and recent experiences may develop student nurses' and nurses' perceptions as well as their attitudes toward spiritual care and to achieve a realistic view of the profession.

The Qur'Anic Therapeutic Spiritual Communication on the Patient's Spiritual Problems in Nursing Care

Jurnal At-Tibyan: Jurnal Ilmu Alqur'an dan Tafsir

This paper discusses the Qur'anic therapeutic, spiritual communication, which is used as an approach to dealing with spiritual problems experienced by patients. In suffering from illness, patients, in addition to needing medical treatment, also need help, guidance, and spiritual services to overcome the psychological shock they experience and support their illness's healing process. This research is library research using a descriptive-analytical approach. Research data is sourced from literature books, journals, books of interpretation, and others that correlate with the discussion. The results of this study indicate that the therapeutic Qur'anic spiritual communication becomes a model for healing the patient's spiritual problems. Delivery of messages containing Qur'anic spirituality by nurses to patients who are strengthened by the ability to express words that are clear, evocative, polite, gentle, helpful, and pleasant, as well as profound experiences of spiri...

Spiritual Health as Experienced by Muslim Adults in Iran: A Qualitative Content Analysis

shiraz e medical journal, 2019

Background: Spiritual health has attracted wide attention in health-related and nursing sciences. However, most research on this complex and ambiguous concept has been conducted from the Judeo-Christian philosophical worldview, and the Muslim community that comprises a large population of the world, and particularly the Iranian population, has not been investigated. Objectives: The present study aimed to explore the experiences of Iranian Muslim adults regarding spiritual health. Methods: This qualitative content analysis was conducted among 14 participants. Semi-structured interviews were used for data collection, and Granheim and Lundman (2004) method was used for qualitative content analysis. The results were categorized into six major themes. Results: The six major themes extracted for spiritual health included harmonious reciprocal connectedness, moderation, spiritual striving, transcendence, purpose seeking and wisdom thinking, and faith. These characteristics were reciprocally interconnected and intertwined. It should be noted that some of the extracted attributes were quite new. Conclusions: Considering the cultural and philosophical foundations of different communities, assessment of spiritual health in different societies would reveal novel and innovative aspects of this concept. Paying attention to these aspects is essential in the health promotion.

The Process of Providing Spiritual Care to Muslim Cancer Patients

Journal of Muslim Mental Health

Spiritual care is a component of the holistic approach to care and treatment. Also, health care providers face many challenges when it comes to spiritual care. To address these challenges, the implementation process must be identified and possible outcomes examined. This study aimed to investigate the process of providing spiritual care to Muslim cancer patients. This descriptive qualitative-exploratory research was conducted in 2020, in which 27 participants were selected through purposive sampling and had semi-structured interviews. The data analysis revealed two themes and five sub-themes including the process of spiritual care (identifying spiritual needs, analyzing situations to meet spiritual needs, expanding spiritual care and spiritual promotion) and the outcome of spiritual care (spiritual promotion and some erosion of faith and spiritual belief). In this study, the received topics have been related to spiritual care which can help improve patient care. The findings of this...

The Description Of Nurses’ Spiritual Support For Patients Of Different Religions In Hospitals

2021

The term spiritual is an inseparable part of the meaning of religion. In the health service, providing spiritual support is a duty of health workers, especially nurses. Social conflicts that lead to religious conflict, may affect nurses' performance, especially to fulfill patients' spiritual needs with different religions or beliefs. This makes studies related to nursing and religion are impressive. This study aimed to describe nurses' spiritual support for patients of other religions in hospitals. The research used a qualitative method with a phenomenology study approach. The data collection was performed using interviews. The informant selection technique used the purposive sampling technique and resulted in 5 informants. According to Creswell, the trustworthiness used triangulation, while the data analysis method used a method. Six themes emerged from this study, including the meaning of God, the meaning and the purpose of life, source of happiness, the meaning of the...

Effectiveness of Islamic spiritual care: foundations and practices of Muslim spiritual care givers

The journal of pastoral care & counseling : JPCC

The paper discusses the effectiveness of Islamic spiritual and religious care based on the ethnographic research with 15 Muslim spiritual caregivers. Six themes emerged from the interviews with fifteen Muslim spiritual caregivers. These six themes describe what the spiritual care providers see as effective Muslim spiritual care: (1) The most effective Muslim spiritual care is rooted in the Qur'an and the Hadith; (2) Effective Muslim spiritual care also means creating a caring relationship with the patient; (3) Muslim scholars are one of the important sources of effective Islamic spiritual care; (4) The insights of psychology and the social sciences are a necessary part of effective Islamic spiritual care; (5) There is a need for continuing education; (6). Styles of effective Muslim spiritual care are varied.

Spirituality and spiritual care in Iran: Nurses’ perceptions and barriers

International Nursing Review, 2015

Abstract Aim: To explore the perception of Iranian nurses concerning spiritual care and reveal any confronted barriers. Background: Although the context of spiritual care is a substantial aspect of holistic care, the delivery of spiritual care has been problematic due to the lack of nurses’ understanding of this concept. Introduction: Nurses' perception of spirituality and spiritual care directly influence their performance as well as their relationships with patients. Methods: This cross-sectional survey was conducted in 2013 with 259 nurses working in hospitals affiliated with Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Iran. Data was collected using the Spirituality and Spiritual Care Rating Scale alongside qualitative open-ended questions. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used for the quantitative data and content analysis for the qualitative data. Results: The overall average for spirituality and spiritual care was 2.84 (Score range: 1-4) indicating a moderate mean sc...