تأثیر آموزش هاي معنوي بر کاهش اضطراب و افزایش کیفیت زندگی زنان مبتلا به دیابت بارداري: به منظور ارزیابی پرستاري و مراقبت نوین...Effect of spiritual training on decreased anxiety and increased quality of life of women with gestational diabetesin the assement of nursing and modern care

Introduction: Gestational diabetes is one of the most common diseases during pregnancy, which could be initiated or diagnosed during this period for the first time. Given the importance of early diagnosis and timely management of this disease, this study aimed to evaluate the effect of spiritual training on decreased anxiety and increased quality of life of women with gestational diabetes in the assessment of nursing and modern care. Methodology: This quasi-experiment (with a pre- and post-test design) was conducted on all the women with gestational diabetes, who referred to the healthcare center of Pakdasht, Iran in 2015. In total, 30 patients were selected using available sampling and randomly divided into two groups of control and test (each group=15). In this research, eight 80-minute sessions of spiritual training were carried out for the test group, and the samples completed the Anxiety Scale Questionnaire by Cattell and World Health Organization's life quality questionnaire as a pre- and post-test. Data analysis was performed in SPSS version 19 using MANCOVA. Results: After the intervention,a significant difference was observed between the test and control groups regarding anxiety and quality of life. In other words, spiritual training led to a significant reduction in the anxiety level of patients, while increasing their quality of life (P≤0.01). Conclusion: According to the results of this study, a spiritual intervention could significantly contribute to the reduced level of anxiety and increases quality of life of patients. Therefore, it is suggested that the spiritual training method be used by therapists, counselors and clinical psychologists to alleviate anxiety and enhance quality of life of patients with gestational diabetes.