Effect of spiritual care education on the spiritual health of preeclamptic women with postpartum stress disorder
نویسندگان
1 Department of Midwifery, EvidenceBased Care Research Center, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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3 PhD Candidate in Reproductive Health, Department of Midwifery and Reproductive Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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چکیده
BACKGROUND: Spiritual health in the field of health has a great importance in mental disorders andposttraumatic stress disorders, in treatment process. The present study was done aiming “determinethe effect of spiritual care education on the spiritual health of preeclamptic women with postpartumstress disorder.”MATERIALS AND METHODS: This randomized clinical trial was done in 2017 on 260 women withpreeclampsia in Mashhad. Data collection was done with questionnaires Perinatal PosttraumaticStress Questionnaire (PPQ), the posttraumatic disorder checklist, Duke University Religion Index,and the Spiritual Well‑Being Scale (SWBS). In the intervention group, first, women were educatedon spiritual care each day based on Richards and Bergin’s pattern, in three sessions, which lasted45–60 min. The control group also received routine cares. All units completed the questionnaireSWBS at the 8th postpartum period. P < 0.05 was meaningful.RESULTS: After the intervention, this score of spiritual health in the intervention and control groupshad a significant difference with independent test (P = 0.004). Spiritual health significantly increasedin the interventional group.CONCLUSIONS: Providing spiritual care to pregnant mothers with preeclampsia, increase theirspiritual health.
