The Death awareness and Spiritual Experience of Health Care Workers during COVID-19 Outbreak

Introduction: The present study aims to identify the death awareness and spiritual experience of the health care workers in Iran. Methods: Eleven health care workers involved with Coronavirus patients were selected through purposeful sampling and had in-depth semi-structured interviews. Conventional...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of community health research 2022-04
Hauptverfasser: Nobahari, Ali, Fathi, Elham, Malekshahi Beiranvand, Fateme, Varzaneh, Abolfazl Hatami
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction: The present study aims to identify the death awareness and spiritual experience of the health care workers in Iran. Methods: Eleven health care workers involved with Coronavirus patients were selected through purposeful sampling and had in-depth semi-structured interviews. Conventional content analysis was utilized to analyze the data. Results: The conventional content analysis revealed four themes: 1- Increasing death awareness 2- Effective spiritual strategies; 3- Effective spiritual beliefs; 4- Pleasant and unpleasant existential experiences. Conclusion: We can conclude that health care workers in dealing with epidemics such as coronavirus as a front-line force need spiritual heath to help themselves and the patients.
ISSN:2322-5688
2345-2609
DOI:10.18502/jchr.v11i1.9093