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Effectiveness of Spiritual Counseling on the Enhancement of Hope in Iranian Muslim Patients with Myocardial Infarction: A Two-Month Follow-Up

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Hope is the most important source of coping in patients who have experienced acute cardiac events, and despair is considered an important cause of discontinued treatment and a threat to patients' mental health. This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of spiritual counseling on hope in patients with myocardial infarction over a two-month period. Fifty-six Iranian Muslim patients with myocardial infarction participated; participants were randomly allocated to either the intervention group (n = 28) or the control group (n = 28). The experiment group received three sessions of group spiritual counseling. The patients' hope was measured before intervention and immediately, one month, and two months after the intervention. The results indicated that no significant difference in hope was present between the intervention and control groups at baseline (Z = − 2.56, effect size = 0.75, P = 0.1). Significance between-group differences favoring the intervention group, however, were noted immediately post-intervention (Z = − 2.72, effect size = 0.91, P = 0.007), one month afterward (Z =  − 6.22, effect size = 3.14, P < 0.001), and two months afterward (Z = − 6.10, effect size = 2.65, P < 0.001). Hope significantly improved in the intervention group during the study. Utilizing spiritual counseling as an effective non-aggressive form of treatment can improve hope among patients with myocardial infarction.

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  1. MSN, Critical Care Nursing, Pasteur Hospital, Bam, Iran

    Marzieh Gholamhosseini

  2. Nursing Research Center, Department of Critical Care Nursing, Razi Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

    Mahlagha Dehghan & Parvin Mangolian shahrbabaki

  3. Neuroscience Research Center, Institute of Neuropharmacology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

    Mansooreh Azzizadeh Forouzi

  4. Department of Nursing, Mount Saint Mary’s University, Los Angeles, 90049, CA, USA

    Callista Roy

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Gholamhosseini, M., Dehghan, M., Azzizadeh Forouzi, M. et al. Effectiveness of Spiritual Counseling on the Enhancement of Hope in Iranian Muslim Patients with Myocardial Infarction: A Two-Month Follow-Up. J Relig Health 61, 3898–3908 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-021-01283-w

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