Spiritual Well-Being and Quality of Life in Patients With Spinal Cord Injury: A Study From Iran Publisher Pubmed



Hajiaghababaei M¹ ; Saberi H² ; Rahnama P³ ; Montazeri A⁴
Source: Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine Published:2018

Abstract

Objective: To assess the relationship between spiritual well-being and health-related quality of life (QOL) among patients with spinal cord injury (SCI). Setting: Brain and SCI Research Center, Neuroscience Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study. A sample of patients with SCI participated in the study and completed two questionnaires: the Short-Form 36-Item Health Survey (SF-36) in order to collect data on vitality, social functioning, mental health and role emotional and the Spiritual Well-Being Scale (SWBS) to measure religious and existential well-being. The association between spiritual well-being and health-related QOL was then assessed. Results: In all 213 patients were studied. The mean age of patients was 43.5 (SD = 10.8) years, and most were male (77.5%). The results obtained from generalized linear regression analysis indicated that religious well-being and existential well-being were significant contributing factors to improved vitality, social functioning, mental health and role emotional. Conclusion: The findings suggest that having higher levels of spiritual well-being might improve quality of life in people with spinal cord injury. © 2018, © The Academy of Spinal Cord Injury Professionals, Inc. 2018.