TY - JOUR ID - 47597 TI - The Effect of Spiritual Counseling on Hope in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis: A Randomized Clinical Trial JO - International Journal of Community Based Nursing & Midwifery JA - IJCBNM LA - en SN - 2322-2476 AU - Afshar, Mohammad AU - Sadat, Zohreh AU - Bagheri, Mohammad AD - Trauma Nursing Research Center, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran; AD - Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran Y1 - 2021 PY - 2021 VL - 9 IS - 4 SP - 313 EP - 324 KW - counseling KW - hope KW - Multiple Sclerosis KW - Spiritual therapies DO - 10.30476/ijcbnm.2021.88605.1523 N2 - Background: Spiritual practices have recently emerged as beneficial to both mental and physical health. The present study was conducted to determine the effect of spiritual counseling on hope among patients with Multiple Sclerosis (MS).Methods: This single blind randomized controlled clinical trial was conducted on the patients with MS in April-June 2020, Kashan, Iran. 50 patients were randomly assigned to two 25-member groups. The patients in the intervention group participated in eight 60-minute spiritual counseling program. They were asked to fill out the demographic information questionnaire before the intervention and Herth Hope Index (HHI) before, immediately (in the 4th week of the study) and a month after the intervention (in the 8th week of the study). Data were analyzed using Chi-square, independent samples t-test and repeated measures ANOVA in SPSS version 16. The significance level was considered p <0.05.Results: The results showed that the differences between the two groups before the intervention were not statistically significant in terms of demographic variables (P>0.05) and the mean score of hope (P=0.61). However, the total mean score of HHI in the intervention group was significantly different from the control group immediately and a month after the intervention (44.95±1.42 VS. 31.66±2.45 and 43.25±1.84 VS. 30.58±2.24), respectively (p <0.001). According to the results of the repeated measures ANOVA, the level of hope and its dimensions significantly changed in the intervention group over time (p <0.001).Conclusion: The results of the present study showed that spiritual counseling promoted the hope score in patients with MS. It is recommended that spiritual counseling should be use as a complementary therapy along with other counseling treatments to increase hope in patients with MS. Trial Registration Number: IRCT20190819044567N1 UR - https://ijcbnm.sums.ac.ir/article_47597.html L1 - https://ijcbnm.sums.ac.ir/article_47597_284bf1bf654d260cecefd9bb94b670fb.pdf ER -