background: anxiety and depression during the pregnancy period are among the factors affecting the pregnancy undesirable outcomes and delivery. one way of controlling anxiety and depression is mindfulness and cognitive behavioral therapy . the purpose of this study was to compare the efficiency of mindfulness based on the islamic-spiritual schemas and group cognitive behavioral therapy on reduc...

BACKGROUND Anxiety and depression during the pregnancy period are among the factors affecting the pregnancy undesirable outcomes and delivery. One way of controlling anxiety and depression is mindfulness and cognitive behavioral therapy. The purpose of this study was to compare the efficiency of mindfulness based on the Islamic-spiritual schemas and group cognitive behavioral therapy on reducti...

BACKGROUND Spirituality is a patient need that requires special attention from the Pain and Palliative Care Service team. This quality improvement project aimed to provide spiritual assessment for all new outpatients with serious life-altering illnesses. MEASURES Percentage of new outpatients receiving spiritual assessment (Faith, Importance/Influence, Community, Address/Action in care, psych...

background: this study was done to assess the use of traditional/complementary and alternative medicine (tm/cam) during pregnancy and the reasons behind it from the mother’s perspective. materials and methods: in a cross-sectional study, 919 pregnant mothers attending at prenatal care units of governmental health centers recruited through a multistage sampling and completed a self-report questi...

aim: breast cancer is the most common cancer and prtlfattryn and in terms of emotional and psychological affects women more than other cancers. the aim of this study was to compare the styles documents, spiritual experiences and resilience of women with breast cancer in healthy women respectively     methods: the study of causal - comparative on all women with breast cancer (n = 50) and healthy...

Contemporary lived experiences of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are shaped by clinical and cultural encounters with illness. In sub-Saharan countries such as Zimbabwe, HIV is treated in very different ways in various therapeutic contexts including by biomedical experts, traditional medicine and faith healers. The co-existence of such expertise raises important questions around the pote...

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To explore Singapore hospice nurses' perspectives of spirituality and spiritual care. DESIGN A descriptive, cross-sectional design was used. BACKGROUND Spiritual care is integral to providing quality end-of-life care. However, patients often report that this aspect of care is lacking. Previous studies suggest that nurses' neglect of this aspect of care could be attribute...