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The aim of this review article is describing a research on spiritual and religious interventions in Iran. An integrative review was conducted to determine the state of the science in Iran. Iranmedex, Scientific Information Database, Irandoc, Noormags, Magiran and Google scholar were searched to find articles published in peer-reviewed journals from August 2002 to August 2012. A qualitative approach utilizing content analysis was used in the review. Overall, 21 articles on spiritual and religious interventions in Iran's health care system which met the search criteria were included from 800,000 records in 438 journals. The review shows that there are at least four overarching themes of spiritual and religious interventions: spiritual and religious behaviours, spiritual care as part of a holistic caring approach, spiritual/religious therapy as an effective healing technique, and patients’ spiritual needs. These themes are linked and interrelated. The main concern for caregivers was “hanging on to spirituality” in spite of the eroding effects on spiritual beliefs caused by different factors in the health care system. Spirituality plays an important role in the way people live and die. The majority of the research on spiritual and religious interventions in Iran’s health care system focuses on patients’ need toward spiritual care and health professionals’ spiritual approach, as well as factors that influence their spirituality. More research is needed on the factors that influence patients’ spiritual needs, spirituality among health care providers, and interventions to engender spiritual and religious interventions in the health care system .
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Iranian Rehabilitation Journal, Vol. 11, No. 17, April 2013 Reviews/Short communication Spiritual and religious interventions in health care: An integrative review Mohammadali Hosseini1,2.
University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran Anna Green, BSocSci, MDev. Centre of Cardiovascular and Chronic Care, UTS, Australia The aim of this review article is describing a research on spiritual and religious interventions in Iran.
Iranmedex, Scientific Information Database, Irandoc, Noormags, Magiran and Google scholar were searched to find articles published in peer-reviewed journals from August 2002 to August 2012.
Overall, 21 articles on spiritual and religious interventions in Iran's health care system which met the search criteria were included from 800,000 records in 438 journals.
The aim of this review was to describe the current status of research on spiritual and religious interventions in the context of the Iranian health care system.
2011: Spiritual and meaning therapy affected divorced women’s health and improved physical signs, anxiety and sleep disorders but it didn’t have any effect on social functions and depression(47) RezaeiMoghaddam et al.
Findings of the review (Table 1) showed that there were positive correlations between spirituality and hope, happiness, mental health, health and well-being, quality of life, job satisfaction, coping and recovery in both patients and caregivers.
Implications and suggestions: Review findings indicated that spiritual and religious behaviours, such as prayer, can reduce stress, anxiety, aggression, depression and even obsession, and enhance and improve hope, mental health, well- being, quality of life and the ability to cope.