Volume 9, Issue 3 (spring 2023)
2023, 9(3): 54-65 |
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Fatameh Yarahmadi 
, Shahnaz Salawati ghasemi , Fatemeh Goudarzi , Somaye Namdari , Yaser Mokhayeri , Sahar Zonoori
, Shahnaz Salawati ghasemi , Fatemeh Goudarzi , Somaye Namdari , Yaser Mokhayeri , Sahar Zonoori
, S.zonoori2018@gmail.com
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Introduction and purpose: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in many countries of the world, including Iran, the stress caused by this disease has affected different groups, including the elderly. This research was conducted with the aim of determining the relationship between corona anxiety, death anxiety and spiritual intelligence in the elderly of Lorestan province in 2020.
Material and methods: In this cross-sectional study, the statistical population consisted of all the elderly residents of the nursing home of Lorestan province in 2020, who were included in the study according to the inclusion criteria. Then demographic information, COVID-19 anxiety, death anxiety and spiritual intelligence questionnaires were provided to them for completion. Descriptive statistics, the calculation of central and dispersion indices for quantitative variables and frequency and percentage for qualitative variables were used to describe the data. Correlation tests were used to measure the linear relationship between the anxiety of coronavirus disease, the anxiety of death and spiritual intelligence. Data analysis was done in Stata 14 software.
Findings: A direct, positive and significant correlation was observed between the anxiety score of the coronavirus disease and death anxiety in the elderly (P<0.001), but a negative and direct and significant correlation was observed between the anxiety score of the corona disease and the score of spiritual intelligence in the elderly (P<0.001). 0.001) Also, a negative and significant correlation was observed between the anxiety score of the coronavirus disease and other items of spiritual intelligence, including critical existential thinking, production of personal meaning, transcendental awareness, and expansion of the state of consciousness in the elderly (P<0.001).
Conclusion: According to the results of the study, spiritual intelligence training can be effective in reducing the anxiety of contracting coronavirus disease and the subsequent anxiety of death.
Material and methods: In this cross-sectional study, the statistical population consisted of all the elderly residents of the nursing home of Lorestan province in 2020, who were included in the study according to the inclusion criteria. Then demographic information, COVID-19 anxiety, death anxiety and spiritual intelligence questionnaires were provided to them for completion. Descriptive statistics, the calculation of central and dispersion indices for quantitative variables and frequency and percentage for qualitative variables were used to describe the data. Correlation tests were used to measure the linear relationship between the anxiety of coronavirus disease, the anxiety of death and spiritual intelligence. Data analysis was done in Stata 14 software.
Findings: A direct, positive and significant correlation was observed between the anxiety score of the coronavirus disease and death anxiety in the elderly (P<0.001), but a negative and direct and significant correlation was observed between the anxiety score of the corona disease and the score of spiritual intelligence in the elderly (P<0.001). 0.001) Also, a negative and significant correlation was observed between the anxiety score of the coronavirus disease and other items of spiritual intelligence, including critical existential thinking, production of personal meaning, transcendental awareness, and expansion of the state of consciousness in the elderly (P<0.001).
Conclusion: According to the results of the study, spiritual intelligence training can be effective in reducing the anxiety of contracting coronavirus disease and the subsequent anxiety of death.
Type of Study: Research |
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Received: 2022/10/2 | Accepted: 2023/04/17 | Published: 2023/06/10
Received: 2022/10/2 | Accepted: 2023/04/17 | Published: 2023/06/10
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