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Safavi M, Oladrostam N, Fesharaki M, Fatahi Y. An Investigation of the Relationship between Spiritual Health and Depression, Anxiety, and Stress in Patients with Heart Failure. Health Spiritual Med Ethics 2016; 3 (2) :2-7
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1- Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery and Health, Tehran Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2- Department of Nursing, Islamic Azad University, Tehran Medical Branch, Iran. , baran_sahra65@yahoo.com
3- Department of Nursing, Islamic Azad University, Tehran Medical Branch, Iran.
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Background and Objectives: Heart failure is a life-threatening illness in which panic disorder, anxiety, depression, and death expectation are constantly experienced. This study, thus, determined to examine the relationship between spiritual health and depression, anxiety, and stress in patients with heart failure.

Methods: This study was a descriptive-correlational investigation that was performed on 150 patients with heart failure in selected Ardabil teaching hospitals in 2014. Data was collected using Demographic Questionnaire, Ellison-Paloutzian Spiritual Well-Being Scale, and Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS-21). They were, then, analyzed using SPSS, descriptive statistical method, Pearson’s correlation coefficient, and multivariable regression analysis.

Results: The results of this study showed that the spiritual wellbeing level of most subjects (75.3%) was in the range of medium. Mean scores of religious and existential aspects of spiritual well-being were obtained to be 33.26±1.247 and 45.76±1.328, respectively. In addition, depression, anxiety, and stress levels of most research units were in the medium range. Pearson’s correlation coefficient showed that there was a statistically significant relationship between depression, anxiety, and stress in all aspects of spiritual wellbeing (r=-0.592, P<0.01).

Conclusion:  Results indicated that an increase in spiritual health would be a concomitant of a reduction in depression, anxiety, and stress levels in heart failure patients. Based on the results and importance of spiritual health, an improvement of proficiencies of medical and paramedical communities in offering spiritual healthcares appears to be mandatory.

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Type of Study: Original Article | Subject: General
Received: 2016/06/11 | Accepted: 2016/06/11 | Published: 2016/06/11

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