Spiritual Health and Coping Skills Among First Year Medical Students

Abstract

BACKGROUNDSpiritual Health is one of four dimensions to well-being as defined by the World Health Organisation (WHO), which include physical, social and mental; it is a highly unaddressed and valuable component yet to be explored. Medical school is recognised as a stressful environment that often exerts a negative effect on the academic performance, physical health and psychological well-being of the student. This study aims to measure the spiritual health status and describe the coping skills of young medical graduates who are the caregivers of the future and to determine the association of spiritual health status of the study population and their coping skills.

The relationship between spiritual health and happiness in medical students during the COVID-19 outbreak: A survey in southeastern Iran

“…Iranian students face a lot of stress daily that compromises their mental and physical health. In such cases, spirituality is the only source that can help them ( Ebadi et al, 2017 ) and promoting their spiritual health will play an effective role in improving mental health and coping with mental disorders ( Murali et al, 2016 ).…”