نوع مقاله : مطالعات کیفی
نویسندگان
1 مرکز تحقیقات مراقبتهای پرستاری و مامایی، دانشکده پرستاری و مامایی، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی اصفهان، اصفهان، ایران
2 استادیار گروه معارف اسلامی، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی اصفهان، اصفهان، ایران
3 دانشجوی دکتری، مرکز توسعه تحقیقات میانرشتهای علوم تربیتی و سلامت، دانشکده پزشکی، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی اصفهان، اصفهان، ایران
4 موسسه تحقیقات مطالعات معنوی، قم، ایران
5 کارشناس ارشد پرستاری کودکان، کمیته تحقیقات دانشجویی، دانشکده پرستاری و مامایی، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی شهید بهشتی، تهران، ایران
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عنوان مقاله English
نویسندگان English
Introduction: Spiritual health plays an important role in adapting people to the stresses of old age. Elderly people who are facing illness or death are at high risk of experiencing spiritual crisis. The present study was conducted with the aim of explaining the spiritual health needs of the elderly in Isfahan.
Methods & Materials: This study was conducted with the qualitative design of traditional content analysis and the use of targeted sampling with maximum variety and for one month in various comprehensive health service centers of Isfahan in 2024. The data was obtained through semi-structured interviews with 10 elderly people. All the interviews were recorded and typed verbatim and then analyzed by using the content analysis method via maxqda version 11 software. For the analysis, the content analysis approach with Granheim and Lundman method was used. After several times of study, themes were extracted, coded and classified as the smallest meaningful units. In the current research, the validity of qualitative findings was investigated based on the criteria of trust, validity, verification and transferability.
Results: From data coding and classification, five main themes were extracted to explain the spiritual health needs of the elderly, which include: 1) the need to feel satisfied with life, 2) the need to feel meaningful and purposeful in life, 3) the need for communication, 4) facilitating factors of spiritual health and 5) inhibiting factors of spiritual health.
Conclusions: Spiritual health in the elderly is one of the important dimensions of health; based on the above findings, different factors can affect the spiritual health of the elderly. Special attention should be given to this issue in the programs related to the health of the elderly so as to be able to perform properly in the direction of creating and improving the health of this important and sensitive group in the society.
کلیدواژهها English