زمينه و هدف: سلامت معنوي ابعاد مختلف زندگي انسان را هماهنگ مي كند و جهت سازگاري با بيماري لازم است. مواجهه با سرطان موجب ايجاد بحران در ابعاد جسمي، رواني و معنوي مي شود. پژوهش حاضر با هدف بررسي سلامت معنوي بيماران مبتلا به سرطان تحت شيمي درماني انجام گرفته است.
روش ها: اين مطالعه از نوع توصيفي-مقطعي بود كه در مورد 130 بيمار مبتلا به سرطان تحت شيمي درماني در مركز آموزشي درماني امام خميني (ره) اردبيل در سال 1389 انجام گرفت. روش نمونه گيري از نوع مستمر بود. در اين مطالعه از پرسشنامه سلامت معنوي اليسون و پالوتزين 3 استفاده شد. دادهها با استفاده از آمار توصيفي و آزمون مجذور كاي با نرم افزار SPSS v.13 تجزيه و تحليل شد.
يافتهها: ميانگين كل نمره سلامت معنوي بيماران 15/02 ± 88/42 و ميانگين نمره سلامت مذهبي و وجودي آنها به ترتيب 7/77 ± 44/28 و 8/44 ± 44/14 بود. بين متغيرهاي سن، جنس، وضعيت تأهل و سطح تحصيلات بيماران با سلامت معنوي آنها ارتباط معنادار وجود نداشت(0/001
چكيده لاتين :
Background: Spiritual well-being harmonizes several dimensions of human's life and is essential for coping with diseases. Chronic illnesses such as cancer cause crisis in physical, psychological and spiritual dimensions of ones life. This study aimed to measure the spiritual well-being in cancer patients who underwent chemotherapy.
Methods: In this descriptive and cross-sectional study, Paloutzian & Ellison's Spiritual well-being Self-report questionnaire was completed by 130 cancer patients in Imam Khomeini Hospital. Patients were recruited using sequential sampling method. The inclusion criteria were being over 16 years old, and having the ability to read and write. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics and chi-square test in SPSS v 13.
Results: Findings revealed that the mean scores for spiritual well-being, religious well-being and existential well-being were (88/42±15/02), (44/28±7/77) and (44/14±8/44) respectively. In addition, statistically significant relations were not found between age, gender, marital status and educational levels with spiritual well-being (P>0/001).
Conclusions: This study showed that the level of spiritual well-being was moderate in cancer patients. Moreover, the level of religious well-being was similar to existential well-being. The researchers suggest the conduction of more studies in this issue.