Author/Authors :
Hosseini, Hamzeh Department of Humanities Sciences - Technical and Vocational University (TVU), Mazandaran, Iran , Behzad Khamesloo, Mostafa Department of Humanities Sciences - Technical and Vocational University (TVU), Mazandaran, Iran , Marzband, Rahmatollah Department of Humanities Sciences - Technical and Vocational University (TVU), Mazandaran, Iran , Amouzad Mehdirji, Hassan Department of Sports Physiology - Islamic Azad University tehran branch, Tehran, Iran , Behzad Khamesloo, Mehri Department of Humanities Sciences - Technical and Vocational University (TVU), Mazandaran, Iran
Abstract :
Context: Due to the wide prevalence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Iran, there is a great deal
of pressure on nurses who are taking care of patients with COVID-19.
Aims: This study aims to investigate the spiritual needs of nurses caring for patients with COVID in Imam
Khomeini Hospital in Sari.
Settings and Design: This descriptive–correlational research method based on structural equations modeling
was conducted at Mazandaran University of Medical sciences.
Materials and Methods: The statistical population of the study included all nurses working in the corona ward of
Imam Khomeini Hospital in Sari. One hundred out of 140 nurses were randomly selected using Krejcie Morgan
formula as the sample size. The Spiritual Needs Questionnaire designed by Büssing et al. was used to assess
the spiritual needs of nurses.
Statistical Analysis Used: SPSS and PLS 3 software were used at the significance level of ≤0/05 for the
analysis of regression equations.
Results: The results of the study demonstrated that there is a significant relationship between spiritual
needs and its subfactors in nurses caring for COVID-19 patients in Imam Khomeini Hospital in Sari which
is based on the path coefficient between nurses “spiritual needs and religious needs (0.752), the need for
inner peace (0.699), existentialism needs (0.539), and actively giving needs (0.586).” Furthermore, the
PLS 3 of the research was 0.691 which indicated that the structure of the model is well suited to the data.
Conclusion: This research led to make a model showing the relationship between spiritual needs and religious
needs, the need for inner peace, the existentialism needs, and the actively giving needs in COVID-19 ward.
Keywords :
COVID-19 disease , Nurses , Religious needs , Spiritual needs