Spiritual Health in Nursing From the Viewpoint of Islam

نویسندگان

1 Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, IR Iran

2 Department of Mental Health and Management, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, IR Iran

3 Assistant Professor, Deparment of Nursing, North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnurd, IR Iran

4 Department of Medical Surgical, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, IR Iran

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چکیده

Context: In order to gain a more detailed insight into the concept of spiritual health, a hybrid model of concept analysis was usedto remove some of the ambiguity surrounding the conceptual meaning of spiritual health in Islamic and Iranian contexts. Thepurpose of this study was to clarify the meaning and nature of the spiritual health concept in the context of the practice of Islamamong Iranian patients.Evidence Acquisition: The current concept analysis was undertaken according to the modified traditional hybrid model, whichconsists of five phases: theoretical phase, initial fieldwork phase, initial analytical phase, and final fieldwork and final analyticalphase. In the theoretical phases of the study, the concept of spiritual health was described based on a literature review of publicationsdealing 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), spiritualityAND (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 andnine participants were selected. Semi-structured interviews and observations were conducted periodically for data collection afterobtaining 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 loveof the Creator, duty-based life, religious rationality, psychological balance, and attention to afterlife. These attributes were exploredin 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 necessaryto carefully study the difference between the Islamic concept of spiritual health and that of other religions and ideologies to designsuitable and useful nursing care for Iranian patients that satisfy their spiritual needs.