The relationship between spiritual well-being and anxiety in old adults

Background and Objectives: Spiritual well-being have represented one of the most prevalent and influential components of most societies and can serve as an imperative factor affecting older adults’ quality of life, reduce their psychological abnormalities, boost their interpersonal relationships, and relieve the severity of their potential illnesses. This research investigated the relationship between spiritual well-being and anxiety in the elderly people in a tertiary hospital in Rasht. Materials & Methods: This is a cross-sectional study that was done on 150-old patients referring to Rasht Razi hospital of Guilan University of Medical Sciences in 2018. The data were collected through a demographic questionnaire, the Anxiety and Stress scale (DASS), and Paloutzian and Ellison spiritual well-being questionnaire. The data were analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistic such as student’s t-test, Pearson and chi square test. Results: The sample were aged 73.8±8 years, 61% were female, and 39% of them were male. The findings demonstrate that the mean score on spiritual well-being was 80.44±6.2. All participants showed severe anxiety and no significant correlation was observed between high levels of anxiety and spiritual well-being (P≥0.05). Conclusion: Results showed that we should pay attention more on the spiritual well-being in old adult in order to enhancing their quality of life. So policy makers and hospital managers should encourage all health care workers to participate in continuing education.

Keywords:

Spiritual Wellbeing , Anxiety , Stress , and Elderly