Role of spiritual intelligence and demographic factors as predictors of occupational stress, quality of life and coronavirus anxiety among nurses during the COVID‐19 pandemic

Abstract

Aim This study investigated the impact of spiritual intelligence and demographic factors in the prediction of occupational stress, quality of life and coronavirus anxiety among nurses. Design A cross‐sectional study was planned. Methods The study was conducted among full‐time nurses who were employed in two teaching hospitals of Babol city which were referral centres for caring patients infected with COVID‐19 from February–May 2021. One hundred and twenty‐nine nurses completed five questionnaires including the demographic questions, Quality of life (WHOQOL‐BRIF), Occupational Role Questionnaire (ORQ), Spiritual Intelligence and Coronavirus Anxiety Scale. Results The findings revealed that 69% of the nurses experienced moderate occupational stress, moderate quality of life and low coronavirus anxiety. Spiritual intelligence was the only significant negative predictor of occupational stress ( β = −0.517, p = <0.001). The only positive predictor of quality of life was perceived income adequacy. Predicting factors of coronavirus anxiety were the perceived income adequacy as protective ( β = −0.221, p = 0.022) and the number of children as predisposing ( β = 0.401, p = 0.004) factors. These findings should be considered when planning nursing interventions for improvement of occupational stress, quality of life and anxiety especially during crises like the COVID‐19 pandemic.

The Mediating Role of Spiritual Intelligence on Well-Being and Life Satisfaction among Nurses in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Path Analysis

“…The spiritual intelligence of the participants was high, implying that the nurses have an intrinsic ability to comprehend existential issues, life’s purpose and the seamlessness of a person’s connectedness to the rest of the world. This current finding coincides with the study of Yadollahpour et al [ 35 ], which specified that nurses benefit in various ways from the encouragement of spirituality at work, including developing a favourable opinion of the company and growing their devotion to it, adhering to work more diligently and thus experiencing more job happiness. The purpose of spirituality is to increase people’s awareness and spread the principles that make life and work better for nurses [ 36 ].…”

“…The hardships of daily living are merged with one’s spirituality in the community and profession. Nurses who perceive a spiritual connection to their profession display inner strength, tranquillity, patience at work, calmness and a good outlook [ 35 ]. Consequently, nurses’ spirituality helps them to cope with complex conditions, especially at work [ 37 ].…”

“…The bottom line is that nurses with high spirituality have resilience and inner strength., which increases their capacity for adapting to threatening situations more skilfully, handle stressful situations, get through conflict, and adjust to adversity. Additionally, they are as regards better psychological health, which may aid their ability to cope with work-related stress [ 35 , 39 ]. These results contribute to hospital administrators, so much so that nursing staff should have their well-being and spiritual intelligence frequently checked by the administration.…”

Analysis spiritual intelligence of IAIN Bone students in learning in the covid-19 period

“…This is in line with the results of previous studies which say that individuals who can interpret their lives well will have an impact on their motivation and academic achievement. When the learning system must be carried out online, the subject interprets online learning as a system that limits the subject from acquiring knowledge or other things related to the world of lectures so that the expected learning objectives are difficult to achieve optimally (Badrudin et al, 2021;Yadollahpour et al, 2022).…”

“…Human intelligence consists of several parts called multiple intelligence, namely intellectual intelligence, emotional intelligence, and spiritual intelligence. This intelligence is intellectual intelligence is acquired through the creativity of reason centered on the brain (Yadollahpour et al, 2022). Emotional intelligence acquired through emotional creativity centered in the heart and spiritual intelligence is intelligence obtained through spiritual creativity that takes the locus around the spirit region.…”