Tool for the Assessment Spiritual Care after the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Sequential Exploratory Study

Background The corona crisis, due to its special nature, has caused people to become anxious, and a tendency towards spirituality seems to be essential for achieving peace. The present study aimed to develop a tool to assess spiritual care after the COVID-19 Pandemic. Results Content analysis of the data obtained from interviews led to explaining the concept of spiritual care after the COVID-19 Pandemic in four main themes: spiritual care needs, spiritual care characteristics, outcomes of spiritual care, and the challenge of providing spiritual care. The average content validity index of the tool was 0.94. Exploratory factor analysis showed four factors that explained more than 62.83% of the variance. The correlation of spiritual cares scale score for COVID-19 Pandemic with spiritual care tool was (0.86, p <0.001). Measurement of internal consistency showed Cronbach's alpha coefficient of the tool 0.90 and measurement of tool stability showed intra-cluster correlation index at two-week intervals (p <0.001, ICC =0.972). Conclusion  Spiritual care tool is a valid and reliable tool, with 38 items to assess the spiritual care after the COVID-19 Pandemic. This tool in accordance with the cultural conditions of Iranian society