فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

INTRODUCTION: Spiritual health is one of the four dimensions of health in humans, and the othersare physical, psychological, and social dimensions. This dimension is essential to increase theadaptation to the disease. Therefore, this study was aimed to determine spiritual health in womenwith multiple sclerosis (MS) and its association with self‑esteem.METHODS: This is a descriptive cross‑sectional study, and 210 women with MS referring to AyatollahKashani Hospital affiliated to Isfahan University of Medical Sciences were selected using conveniencesampling method. The data were collected by questionnaires of demographic characteristicquestionnaire (6 items), Rosenberg Self‑esteem Scale (10 items), and Ellison and Paloutzian SpiritualWell‑being Questionnaire (20 items). Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Pearson’scorrelation coefficient, and multiple regression analysis at a significance level of 0.05.RESULTS: The mean and standard deviation of spiritual health  (including religious health andexistential health) and self‑esteem in MS patients were 48.8 ± 6.80, 44.7 ± 6.70, and 3.21 ± 2.5,respectively. The results showed that 95.2% of the research units had moderate‑to‑highspiritual (religious and existential) health and 57.7% had high self‑esteem. Pearson’s correlationcoefficient also showed a significant positive correlation between religious health and existentialwith self‑esteem (r = 0.22, P = 0.03 and r = 0.24, P = 0.01, respectively).CONCLUSIONS: In this study, most of the women with MS had high levels of spiritual health andself‑esteem. This can be used as a coping strategy and has a protective effect against stress‑inducedillness and even against complications of the treatment. In addition, in some cases, it is effective inalleviating frustration in these patients.