The Effect of Spiritual Self-Care Training on the Suffering of Mothers of Neonates Admitted to the Respiratory Intensive Care Unit of Hospitals in Sari

Introduction: Infant hospitalization in intensive care unit may cause many challenges for the family, especially the mother, and cause psychological problems and shock in the face of it. Self-care as a prominent factor on physical and mental health is effective in motherschr('39') adaptation to their childchr('39')s illness.Therefore, this study was conducted to investigate the effect of spiritual self-care education on the care suffering of mothers of newborns admitted to the intensive care unit of Sari hospitals. Methods: This experimental study was performed on 64 mothers of neonates hospitalized with informed written consent in the respiratory intensive care unit of Sari hospitals in 2019. Sampling was done by available method and simple random sampling in two groups of experimental (n = 32) and control (n = 32). The experimental group received a spiritual self-care training program in 6 sessions of 60 minutes on a daily basis. Data were collected using a demographic questionnaire and a 22-item scale of suffering (CBC) and entered into SPSS25 software, then performed using independent statistical tests, Chi-square, Fisher and analysis of covariance. Results: The mean of pre-intervention care range in the experimental and control groups was 65.46± 4.51 and 62.68 ±7.29, respectively, but the paired t-test did not show a significant difference (p = 0.07). Also, according to the paired t-test, the mean care range after the intervention was 43.47±6.47 and 60.59±6.73, respectively, which showed a significant difference (p <0.01).   Conclusion: The results of this study showed that spiritual self-care education reduces maternal care suffering. Therefore, its use is recommended for all caregivers