the relationship between spiritual health and quality of life in patients with coronary artery disease

background according to the increase of patients with coronary artery disease, paying more attention to the quality of life seems to be important. one of the factors affecting the quality of life is spiritual health. spiritual health as one of the main aspects of health is usually ignored. objectives the current study was performed to determine the relationship between spiritual health and quality of life in patients with coronary artery disease. patients and methods the current study was a sectional correlation type survey and 346 patients with coronary artery disease were selected by available sampling method as the study population. data was gathered by ellison & palutzian spiritual health, and “nottingham health profile” quality of life questionnaires. spss software version 16 was employed to analyze the data by pierson correlation index and independent t test at0.05 level of significance, p < 0.05. results the results of the current study indicated that the average level of spiritual health in these patients was 82.11 ± 2.90. also, the average of quality of life in patients with coronary artery disease was at medium level 61.4 ± 18.62; and the quality of life in women patients was significantly higher than that of men with the same disease (p = 0.001). besides, the results indicated a significant correlation between spiritual health and quality of life in the patients with coronary artery disease (p = 0.001). conclusions according to the results of the current study, it is necessary to consider the factors related to the quality of life in patients care. relation between spiritual health and quality of life indicated the need to consider this factor in the care of patients with coronary artery disease. this key point can be considered with specific priority in a country, like iran, with rich religious and cultural belief to design the treatment-careprograms for these patients.