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Prayer Moderating Job Stress Among Muslim Nursing Staff at the University of Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC)

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This study examines how Salat (prayer) in Islam moderates the relationship between job stress and life satisfaction among Muslim nursing staff. The researchers sampled 335 nursing staff employed at the University of Malaya Medical Centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Their ages ranged from 21 to 60 years. The findings indicate the job stress was associated negatively with life satisfaction; there is a strong positive and significant correlation, respectively, between Salat and life satisfaction and that Salat reduces stress and increases the life satisfaction of Muslim nurses. Thus, Salat has a moderating effect on job stress and life satisfaction of Muslim nurses.

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank a Research and Development Division at Academy of Islamic Studies for financial assistance to prepare this article, and we also thank the University of Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) for their approval and permission to conduct this study. The grant provided to the authors under research project RP028B-16HNE is highly appreciated.

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  1. Research and Development Division, Academy of Islamic Studies, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Meguellati Achour

  2. Applied Sciences with Islamic Studies, Academy of Islamic Studies, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Asmawati Muhamad

  3. Kulliyyah–DNR of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Heritage, International Islamic University Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia

    Abdul Halim Syihab

  4. Department of Islamic History and Civilization, Academy of Islamic Studies, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Mohd Roslan Mohd Nor

  5. Department of al-Quran and al-Hadith, Academy of Islamic Studies, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Mohd Yakub Zulkifli Mohd Yusoff

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Achour, M., Muhamad, A., Syihab, A.H. et al. Prayer Moderating Job Stress Among Muslim Nursing Staff at the University of Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC). J Relig Health 60, 202–220 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-019-00834-6

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