Journal of Education and Health Promotion

The effect of group logotherapy on spirituality and preoperative anxiety in patients seeking open heart surgery referring to Tehran Heart Center in 2020

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

. Fatemehsadat Alavi 1
. Seyed Hossein Ahmadi Tafti 2
. Farshid Alaeddini 3
. Zainab Ebrahimyan 4
. Atieh Ebrahimyan 5
. Morteza Mansourian 6

1 MSc of Health Education, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

2 Professor of cardiothoracic surgery Tehran heart center Tehran university of medical science, Tehran, Iran

3 MD, PhD, Epidemiology, Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

4 Master of Animation, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

5 Master of Nanophysics, Al-Zahra University, Tehran, Iran

6 Associate Professor, Health Promotion Research Centre, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Abstract
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Most patients experience anxiety before heart surgery. On the 
other hand, spiritual health can improve the candidate patient’s adaptation to surgery. Therefore, 
this study aimed to investigate the effect of group logotherapy on spirituality and anxiety of patients 
undergoing cardiac surgery.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this quasi‑experimental study, 60 hospitalized candidates for 
cardiac surgery were randomly assigned to two groups (30 in the experimental group, 30 in the 
control group). To measure anxiety and relationship with God, Beck Anxiety Questionnaire and the 
researcher‑made scale about relationship with God (reconstruction of Lawrence’s scale of perception 
of God) were used, respectively. In the intervention group, in addition to drug therapy, individuals 
received two sessions of group discussion and spiritual skills training using the behavioral‑cognitive 
method with emphasis on spiritual thoughts and problem‑solving methods, but the control group 
received only drug therapy. Data were analyzed using SPSS software.
RESULTS: In the experimental group, the anxiety scores mean in the posttest and follow‑up were 
significantly lower than the pretest (P < 0.05), while the mean anxiety in the control group in the 
posttest stage was not significantly different, but at the follow‑up stage, it was significantly lower 
than the pretest, but the decrease in mean anxiety in the experimental group was greater (P < 0.05). 
The mean subscales of relationship with god (influence, divine providence, acceptance, presence, 
challenge, benevolence) were significantly higher in the experimental and control groups in the 
follow‑up stage than the pretest, but the increase in the mean of these variables was more in the 
experimental group in the follow‑up stage (P < 0.05).
CONCLUSION: Findings showed that the components of relationship with God are a good predictor 
of pre‑surgery anxiety, so by focusing on spiritual training of patients who are candidates for surgery, 
the incidence or severity of anxiety can be reduced.

Keywords

Anxiety
coronary artery diseases
logotherapy
meaning therapy
one’s image of god
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Journal of Education and Health Promotion
Volume 12, Issue 6
July 2022
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