Akhbardeh M

Allahbakhshian M

Arnold S

Brunner LS

Farahaninia M

Kor AN

Moeini M

Momeni T

Morris EL

Olver IN

Omidvari S

Paloutzian RF

Polit DF

Potter PA

Rowe MM

Santavirta N

Seyedfatemi N

 Spiritual wellbeing harmonises several dimensions of human life and is essential for coping with diseases. Acute coronary syndromes (ACS) cause crisis in physical, psychological aspects and spiritual dimensions of patients’ lives. The purpose of this study was to determine the level of spiritual wellbeing and its dimensions in patients with ACS. For this, a cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted. For data collection, Paloutzian and Ellison’s Spiritual Wellbeing Self-report Questionnaire was filled in by 364 patients with ACS. Patients referred to the cardiac wards of five teaching hospitals in Tehran between August 2011 and April 2012 were recruited using the convenience sampling method. The data were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The findings revealed that the majority of patients (97.9%) benefited from moderate spiritual wellbeing, although religious wellbeing was higher than existential wellbeing in the patients. It is concluded that nurses are required to improve their cultural and contextual knowledge of patients’ spiritual wellbeing to meet patients’ needs in nursing care. Spiritual beliefs can influence coping with diseases, help patients to find meaning and purpose in life to deal with problems resulting from physical and mental illnesses. These findings can be used to suggest the incorporation of religious aspects of spirituality into care programmes designed to improve the quality of life of patients with ACS. </jats:p

Ali Jahani

Nahid Rejeh

Majideh Heravi-Karimooi

Mojtaba Vaismoradi

Melanie Jasper

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Journal of Research in Nursing

Spiritual wellbeing of Iranian patients with acute coronary syndromes: a cross-sectional descriptive study

Jahani, Ali

Rejeh, Nahid

Heravi-Karimooi, Majideh

Vaismoradi, Mojtaba

Jasper, Melanie

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Spiritual wellbeing of Iranian patients with acute coronary syndromes : a cross-sectional descriptive study

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Spiritual wellbeing of Iranian patients with acute coronary syndromes: a cross-sectional descriptive study

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