Prayer Moderating Job Stress Among Muslim Nursing Staff at the University of Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC)

Achour, Meguellati; Muhamad, Asmawati; Syihab, Abdul Halim; Nor, Mohd Roslan Mohd; Yusoff, Mohd Fairus Mohd

doi:10.1007/s10943-019-00834-6

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“…Praying has been shown to play a protective role against stress and reduce symptoms of PTSD (Bentzen, 2020 ; Szałachowski & Tuszyńska-Bogucka, 2021 ). Findings from Achour et al, ( 2019 , 2021 ) confirmed that praying moderates the relationship between job stress and spiritual well-being and is an important and effective factor in controlling and reducing stress. Nurses ‘praying has also been demonstrated to play a role in reducing job stress and increasing nurses’ comfort and relaxation (Achour et al, 2019 , 2021 ).…”

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confidence: 93%

“…The results of a study conducted in Iran showed that religious belief helps veterans to accept the effect of mustard gas poisoning on their lives and to adapt their lifestyle based on it, to participate in social-religious activities, to feel social support, and hope for the future (Hassankhani et al, 2010 ). Praying of Muslim nurses reduces their job stress and increases their well-being and life satisfaction (Achour et al, 2019 , 2021 ). Employees who have low spirituality and morale in the workplace, also suffer from higher job abandonment, burnout, and stress (Doraiswamy & Deshmukh, 2015 ).…”

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Spiritual Coping of Emergency Department Nurses and Emergency Medical Services Staff During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Iran: An Exploratory Study

2022

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Emergency department (ED) nurses and emergency medical services (EMS) staff have been recently exposed to high levels of stress due to the new Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This increased stress level may influence the physical and mental health of ED nurses and EMS staff and the quality of caregiving to the patients. A spiritual coping approach is one of the most commonly used strategies to help healthcare workers manage stressful events or situations. This study explores the spiritual coping (positive or negative) among ED nurses and EMS staff during the COVID-19 pandemic. A descriptive cross-sectional study was performed on 494 ED/EMS nurses in Ardabil Province in the northwest of Iran, using a convenience sampling method. The spiritual coping questionnaire (SCQ) was used to assess spiritual coping in the subjects. The results of this study showed that ED nurses and EMS staff generally used positive spiritual coping methods to reduce stress during the COVID-19 pandemic. Multiple linear regression indicated that workplace ( β = 0.22, p < 0.001), service location ( β = 0.16, p < 0.001), and type of employment ( β = − 0.13, p = 0.012) were significant predictors of positive spiritual coping, and older age ( β = 0.13, p = 0.045), overtime work ( β = 0.12, p = 0.01), and marital status ( β = − 0.12, p = 0.021) were predictors of negative spiritual coping. Our findings indicated that positive religious behavior was the main spiritual coping strategy used by healthcare workers. The findings could help emergency nurse managers to propose future strategies to minimize stress based on the use of spiritual coping strategies and provide time and facilities to pray. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10943-022-01523-7.

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Spiritual Coping of Emergency Department Nurses and Emergency Medical Services Staff During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Iran: An Exploratory Study

2022

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“…Passing the plan and working in the medical environment has entered the next stage, and this will increase their stress after graduation and starting work in the hospital. Explaining this issue in the study of Abdoli review, which was done with the aim of conceptualizing clinical work from the perspective of nursing students, it was found that most nursing students consider clinical work as one of the effective factors in accepting the role of nurse and understanding its nature (31). Also, in some studies, there is a clear gap between nursing education and clinical practice, so that the existing clinical education does not consider empowering students to qualify and clinical skills.…”

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Evaluation of Nursing stress and its effective factors in nurses of Shahidzadeh Hospital in Behbahan in 2019: Challenges in Nursing

Rafi¹,

Bandani²,

Zade³

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Background and Aim: Nursing is one of the occupations that face a lot of stress in medical settings, especially hospitals. Job stress can negatively affect a nurse's performance and how she cares for her patient. Therefore, the present study was performed to evaluate the level of job stress in nurses of Shahidzadeh Hospital in Behbahan. Materials and Methods: The present study was a descriptive cross-sectional analytical study. The instruments used in the study included demographic information and an expanded nursing stress scale questionnaire. The study was performed on 220 nurses of Shahidzadeh Hospital in Behbahan by census method. Statistical data were performed using SPSS software version 22 using descriptive and inferential statistics at a significant level of p <0.05. Results: The mean age of participants was 31.02 ± 06.68. The mean scores of participants in occupational stress and its subscales showed that about half of the subjects (55.9%) in the study had poor job stress. There was no significant relationship between job stress and demographic variables of gender and marital status using independent t-test and there was no significant relationship between job stress and the above variables. Conclusion: Due to the existence of stress as a negative factor in patient care and the gap between discrimination between physicians and nurses as one of the factors aggravating stress, it is recommended that nursing managers take measures to prevent and support nurses.

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“…Coping strategies were measured using 30 items developed by Achour et al, ( 2019 ). Those were also modified and developed according to the current pandemic.…”

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Coping with Anxiety During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of Academics in the Muslim World

Achour¹,

Souici

Bensaid

et al. 2021

J Relig Health

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The COVID-19 pandemic has been a global phenomenon defined by uncertainty, fear and grief which has resulted in record high levels of stress and anxiety in the first half of 2020. It also led to an increased interest in the study of the role of belief, religion, and spirituality as responses to coping with and responding to the pandemic throughout different societal domains. This study explores the impact of anxiety and stress caused by the pandemic on Muslim academics’ subjective well-being. It also explores correlations between coping and spirituality by assessing Muslim academics’ coping strategies in overcoming stress and anxiety. To this end, this study sampled 480 Muslim academics ages 25–60 years residing in Muslim countries. The findings show a negative yet significant correlation between anxiety and well-being while also showing a positive and significant correlation between coping strategies and subjective well-being. The research also points to the role of coping strategies in reducing anxiety and stress, the resulting improvements in well-being for Muslim academics, and the mediating effect of coping strategies between anxiety, stress, and well-being for Muslim academics. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10943-021-01422-3.

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Prayer Moderating Job Stress Among Muslim Nursing Staff at the University of Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC)

Cited by 14 publications

References 37 publications

Spiritual Coping of Emergency Department Nurses and Emergency Medical Services Staff During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Iran: An Exploratory Study

Spiritual Coping of Emergency Department Nurses and Emergency Medical Services Staff During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Iran: An Exploratory Study

Evaluation of Nursing stress and its effective factors in nurses of Shahidzadeh Hospital in Behbahan in 2019: Challenges in Nursing

Coping with Anxiety During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of Academics in the Muslim World

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