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Background: Inflammatory bowel diseases as ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease negatively affects many aspects of the patient's life, including psychological patterns, emotional reactions, and sleep quality. The study was aimed to: determine the relationship between cynical distrust, alexithymia, and quality of sleep among patients with inflammatory bowel diseases. Design: This study employed a descriptive correlational design. Setting: It was held at Alexandria's main University hospital's Gastrointestinal Tract (GIT) department. A purposive sample of 100 patients with the diagnosis of IBD (50 patient with Crohn's Disease & 50 patient with ulcerative colitis. Methods: Data were collected using four different tools: Socio-demographic & Clinical data structured interview schedule, Cynical Distrust Scale, Toronto Alexithymia Scale and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. Results: The current study finding revealed that 86.4% of patients with Crohn's disease, and 87.5% of patients with ulcerative colitis who had high cynical distrust demonstrated alexithymia. In addition, 95.5% of patients with Crohn's disease, and 87.5% of patients with ulcerative colitis who had high cynical distrust display poor sleep quality. Conclusion:The current study established a statistically significant positive correlation between cynical distrust, alexithymia, and poor sleep quality among patients with inflammatory bowel disorders. Recommendation: Counseling for adequate sleep and emotional expressiveness can positively impact the phase of the disease. Additionally, assessing and intervening sleep and emotional disruptions in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases can aid in optimizing medicinal care and maintaining illness remission, as well as potentially modify disease prognosis.

Background Spiritual leadership is the most positive leadership style accepted by positive organizational behavior scholars that contributes to psychological capital. Spiritual leadership could be a critical organizational resource for followers. The study aims to examine the levels of spiritual leadership and psychological capital among nursing educators and determine the relationship between spiritual leadership and psychological capital among nurse educators. Methods A cross-sectional design was applied using two tools: spiritual leadership and psychological capital scales. Over 3 months, data were collected from 213 nursing educators. Results The spiritual leadership level is moderate to high (49.8 and 38.5%). The psychological capital level is high (63.4%). The association between spiritual leadership and psychological capital is a strong, positive, and highly significant correlation (R-value = 0.63, P = 0.001). The regression analysis predicted that male participants were expected to have more spiritual leadership and psychological capital than females. Conclusion It can be concluded and validated how important it is to develop and practice spiritual leadership to foster followers’ psychological capital. Implications of nursing management as nursing leaders must have spiritual competencies to promote workplace spirituality on the daily agenda as a foundational area in management.

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