The Relationship of Spiritual Level and Patient Anxiety in the General Ward

Merina Widyastuti, Iis Fatimawati, Siti Fatimah

2018

Abstract

Spiritual state has a wide and strong influence on health. Spiritual level can decrease anxiety, depression, anger, and improve the life quality of the patient. Anxiety is one of many psychological problems experienced by patients in hospital. The purpose of this research was to define the relationship of spiritual and anxiety levels in patients. The research design was used correlational observation. Simple random sampling was used to obtain sample consisting of 52 respondents. The independent variable was the spiritual level, where as the dependent variable was the level of anxiety. Instruments using questionnaires. Data were analyzed using Spearman's Rho (α < 0.05). Out of 52 respondents, 57,7 % were indicated to have high spiritual level. In addtion to 30,8% were medium level, 17,3 % of whom were indicated low. There was a significant relationship of spiritual and anxiety levels of the patient in general ward. The Spearman rho test results obtained by value ρ = 0.01 with a level of trust <α = 0.05. The role of nurses is very important in providing nursing care holistically, especially on the fulfillment of spiritual needs.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Widyastuti M., Fatimawati I. and Fatimah S. (2018). The Relationship of Spiritual Level and Patient Anxiety in the General Ward.In Proceedings of the 9th International Nursing Conference - INC, ISBN 978-989-758-336-0, pages 552-556. DOI: 10.5220/0008328405520556

in Bibtex Style

@conference{inc18,
author={Merina Widyastuti and Iis Fatimawati and Siti Fatimah},
title={The Relationship of Spiritual Level and Patient Anxiety in the General Ward},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 9th International Nursing Conference - INC,},
year={2018},
pages={552-556},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0008328405520556},
isbn={978-989-758-336-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 9th International Nursing Conference - INC,
TI - The Relationship of Spiritual Level and Patient Anxiety in the General Ward
SN - 978-989-758-336-0
AU - Widyastuti M.
AU - Fatimawati I.
AU - Fatimah S.
PY - 2018
SP - 552
EP - 556
DO - 10.5220/0008328405520556