The Effect of Spiritual Care on Anxiety and Depression Level in Patients Receiving Hemodialysis Treatment: a Randomized Controlled Trial

Durmus M., EKİNCİ M.

JOURNAL OF RELIGION & HEALTH, cilt.61, sa.3, ss.2041-2055, 2022 (AHCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 61 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s10943-021-01386-4
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF RELIGION & HEALTH
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, IBZ Online, Periodicals Index Online, ATLA Religion Database, CINAHL, EMBASE, Index Islamicus, MEDLINE, Psycinfo
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.2041-2055
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Anxiety, Chronic illness, Depression, Hemodialysis, Spiritual care, QUALITY-OF-LIFE, SPIRITUAL/RELIGIOUS INTERVENTION, MUSLIM PATIENTS, MENTAL-HEALTH, RELIGIOSITY, PERSPECTIVE, PREVALENCE, END
  • Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The present study was conducted to determine the effect of spiritual care on the anxiety and depression levels of patients receiving hemodialysis treatment. The research was carried out between January and May 2019 in a training and research hospital hemodialysis unit in the Eastern Anatolian Region of Turkey. The research was completed with a total of 71 patients (33 experiments, 38 controls) who received hemodialysis treatment. Regarding in-group comparison, the difference between the mean scores of pre-test and post-test of the patients concerning the anxiety and depression in the experimental group was found to be statistically significant (p < 0.05). It was determined that training for strengthening spirituality was effective in reducing the anxiety and depression levels of patients receiving hemodialysis treatment. It can be suggested that spiritual care should be used as a complementary method in health care practices to increase the effectiveness of the treatment.