TY - JOUR
T1 - The effect of spiritual care on depression in patients following coronary artery bypass surgery
T2 - A randomized controlled trial
AU - Tajbakhsh, Fereshteh
AU - Hosseini, Mohammad Ali
AU - Fallahi-Khoshknab, Masoud
AU - Rokofian, Asghar
AU - Rahgozar, Mehdi
AU - Davidson, Patricia Mary
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was part of a master’s of nursing thesis conducted at the University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences. The authors appreciate the cooperation and contribution of all patients and who don’t meet the criteria for authorship, such as Miss Shima Shirozhan’s who provided technical help and writing assistance
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
PY - 2018/5
Y1 - 2018/5
N2 - The aim of this study was to determine the effect of a nurse-delivered spiritual care intervention on depression following coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. A semi-experimental study was performed in Baqiyatallah al-Azam Military Hospital of Tehran, Iran in 2013. Sixty-eight patients undergoing coronary artery grafts were purposefully selected and randomly assigned into the intervention (n = 34) and control (usual care) groups (n = 34). The intervention group received five sessions of spiritual care lasting between 45-60 minutes using the approach of Bergin Richards (2005). The control group received only routine standard care. The mean depression scores were measured using the depression subscale of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS-21). At baseline (p = 0.051), there were no differences in the mean depression scores. Post intervention, statistically significant differences were observed in the mean depression scores between groups (p < 0.001). The results showed that the use of spiritual care can decrease depression in the intervention group. These findings suggested that nurses could use spiritual care to improve psychological care.
AB - The aim of this study was to determine the effect of a nurse-delivered spiritual care intervention on depression following coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. A semi-experimental study was performed in Baqiyatallah al-Azam Military Hospital of Tehran, Iran in 2013. Sixty-eight patients undergoing coronary artery grafts were purposefully selected and randomly assigned into the intervention (n = 34) and control (usual care) groups (n = 34). The intervention group received five sessions of spiritual care lasting between 45-60 minutes using the approach of Bergin Richards (2005). The control group received only routine standard care. The mean depression scores were measured using the depression subscale of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS-21). At baseline (p = 0.051), there were no differences in the mean depression scores. Post intervention, statistically significant differences were observed in the mean depression scores between groups (p < 0.001). The results showed that the use of spiritual care can decrease depression in the intervention group. These findings suggested that nurses could use spiritual care to improve psychological care.
KW - Coronary artery bypass graft
KW - Depression
KW - Spirituality
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U2 - 10.3390/rel9050159
DO - 10.3390/rel9050159
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85047803961
SN - 2077-1444
VL - 9
JO - Religions
JF - Religions
IS - 5
M1 - 159
ER -