Perceived stress and its relationship with spiritual health in patients with diabetes in the city of Urmia, Iran

Psychological factors not only affect quality of life but also on the often determine the result of dealing with a
chronic illness can play an important role. According to the paradox results in the feld of the relationship between
mental health and spiritual health and limited studies about perceived stress and its relationship with spiritual health
of patients with diabetes, the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between perceived stress and
spiritual health of patients with diabetes in the city of Urmia. This cross-sectional study (descriptive - analytical)
conducted with 330 patients with type 2 diabetes in rural health centers by random cluster sampling. Perceived Stress
and spiritual health questionnaire was used to collect information. Data using descriptive statistics and independent t-test, ANOVA and Pearson correlation coeffcient were analyzed in SPSS v.21 software. The results of this study
showed that the majority of the patients’ perceived stress (70.9%) were in low level and the perceived stress mean of
them were in the low level (7.6±24.22) too. In terms of the level of the spiritual health, all patients were in mediumto high and mean score of spiritual health were in moderate level (95.6± 14.2) .There was statistically signifcant and
reverse relationship between perceived stress and spiritual health and its dimensions using Pearson correlation test
(p = 0.001, r =-0.48). According to the results of this present study, it is suggested to develop programs and approaches
to improve the spiritual health of patients with diabetes in order to improve their quality of life.