Department of Nursing, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran , msflir@yahoo.com
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Introduction: Depression is one of the most common psychiatric disorders in patients with multiple sclerosis, which according to it is very important in nursing. This study aimed to determine of Spiritual-religion Care on Depression in Women with Multiple Sclerosis referred to the MS Society of Iran is in 2016.
Methods: This study is semi-experimental study that in that Pretest-posttest plan with control group was used. All of the women with MS, who referred to MS Society of Iran in first 6 months of 1395, were our statistical research community. 60 patients were selected Based on inclusion criteria and purposive sampling method and randomly divided into two groups of experimental and control by using a table of random numbers. Experimental groups were performed intervention include Spiritual-religion Care during seven weeks, seven sessions of 45-60 minutes (weekly one session). Patient filled Beck Depression inventory before and after intervention. Data were analyzed using SPSS 19 software and Statistical tests.
Results: Results showed that no different between two groups of intervention and control about demographic characteristics. The mean depression Score was 27.13±13.89 in intervention group, and 28.03±14.79 in the control group before intervention, which respectively reached to 18.13±9.39 and 26.16±14.51 after implementation of the intervention and this difference was Significant in intervention group (P≤0.001).
Conclusions: According to the results we can say that Spiritual-religion Care is effective in reducing depression in women with Ms. so it can be applied method of this study as a simple, non-invasive, low-cost and effective in reducing depression in MS patient to nurses suggests.
khalilisenobari S, Faiiahi-Khoshknab M, Rahgoy A, hosseini M, rezasoltani P. Effect of Spiritual-religion Care on Depression in Women with Multiple Sclerosis. IJPN 2019; 7 (3) :8-14 URL: http://ijpn.ir/article-1-1299-en.html