SPIRITUAL HEALTH AND ITS RELATED FACTORS IN PREGNANT WOMEN PRESENTING TO HEALTH CENTERS IN QAZVIN, IRAN, IN 2015

Spiritual health is a basic dimension of well-being and overall health that
coordinates other aspects of health. The present study was conducted to determine the spiritual health
and some related factors during pregnancy.
Materials & Methods: The present descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on 200 pregnant
women presenting to health centers in Qazvin, Iran in 2015. A multi-stage sampling was carried out and
data were collected in a self-report manner using the Spiritual Well-Being Scale developed by Paloutzian
and Ellison and a demographic and midwifery questionnaire. Data were analyzed in IBM-SPSS-20 and
using analysis of variance and Tukey's test.
Results: High spiritual health was observed in 69.5% of the participants, while 30.5% had moderate
spiritual health. The overall mean score of spiritual health was 104.15±10.59, while that for religious
health was 51.92±5.65 and for existential health was 57.3±6.36. A significant relationship was observed
between spiritual health (Total score and subscales) and education, number of childbirths and family
income, also a significant relationship was observed between subscales of spiritual health and grade of
pregnancy (P<0.05). However, significant relationships were not observed between spiritual health and
mother’s age, gestational age, parental employment status and history of infertility and abortion
(P>0.05).
Conclusion: According to this research, majority of mothers participating in this study had high spiritual
health and some personal and prenatal characteristics were related to spiritual health, therefore, it is
recommended to pay more attention to the spiritual and psychological dimensions of pregnant women
along with other dimensions of health