Spiritual wellbeing and its relationship with perceived stress, anxiety and depression in Iranian cardiac patients

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (7) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Mojtaba Senmar ◽  
Elham Hasannia1 ◽  
Mohaddeseh Aliakbari ◽  
Fateme Safari Alamoti ◽  
Maryam Gholamhoseini ◽  
...  

Aim This study was conducted to examine spiritual wellbeing and its relationship with perceived stress, anxiety and depression among cardiac patients. Methods The present descriptive study was conducted on 120 patients with cardiac diseases. The Perceived Stress Scale, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, and Paloutzian and Ellison Spiritual Wellbeing Questionnaire were used for data collection. Results Of 120 patients, 79 were diagnosed with acute coronary syndrome, 30 were diagnosed with heart failure, and the rest were diagnosed with cardiac arrhythmia (mostly atrial fibrillation). The mean scores for depression, anxiety and stress in the studied patients were 10.1, 9.9, and 19.5, respectively. The mean score of the total spiritual wellbeing was 86.2. Results showed an inverse and significant relationship between spiritual wellbeing with perceived stress (R2=−0.535, P=0.001), anxiety (R2=−0.389, P<0.001), and depression (R2=−0.388, P<0.001). Conclusions Improving cardiac patients’ spiritual wellbeing should be recognised as an essential part of holistic care and an effective strategy in reducing depression, anxiety and stress among cardiac patients.

2021 ◽  
Vol 108 (Supplement_2) ◽  
Author(s):  
M Durand-Hill ◽  
D I Ike ◽  
A N Nijhawan ◽  
A B Shah ◽  
A Dawson ◽  
...  

Abstract Introduction During the COVID pandemic, the 2019-2020 cohort of final year students were invited to participate in Foundation interim Year 1 placements (FiY1). FiY1 aimed to ease transition to Foundation Year 1 doctor (FY1). We assessed the psychological impact of FiY1 on final year medical students. Method A cross-sectional survey was distributed to final year medical students in the UK between June 4th and July 4th, 2020. The survey contained the following domains: participant demographics, rationale for FiY1 participation, a checklist of the key safety principles for FiY1s, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale and the Perceived Stress scale-4. Results 107 final years responded to the survey. 72.0% (n = 77) of final year students surveyed were working as FiY1s. Final year students participating in FiY1 postings had reduced rates of anxiety (29.9% vs 43.4%, P = 0.186), depression (5.2% vs 20.0%, P = 0.018) and lower perceived stress levels (5.0 vs 7.2, P &lt; 0.001). 19.5% (15/77) FiY1s reported working beyond their competency, 27.3% (22/77) felt unsupervised, but 94.8% (73/77) of FiY1s felt the post prepared them for FY1. Conclusions Students participating in FiY1 postings felt less stressed and depressed than those not participating in the scheme and the majority felt it was preparing them for FY1.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth F Ross ◽  
Timothy D Faw ◽  
Kyle Covington

Abstract Background: Medical students experience significant stress and anxiety during undergraduate education. Coaching is a possible way of supporting these students throughout this challenging time. To assess the benefits of coaching for medical students, a pilot study providing coaching was performed. This pilot assessed how coaching affected the mental health of medical students and how coaching was received by them. Methods: Twelve third-year medical students were each given eight 30-60 minute coaching sessions. Each participant took the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) pre-, mid-and post-coaching. After coaching, there were three open-ended questions to measure the reactions to coaching and a scale to determine the likelihood of accessing coaching in the future. Results: There was a significant effect of coaching on perceived stress(p=.023); a trend toward significant effect of coaching on anxiety(p=.057); and no effect of coaching on depression. Qualitative analysis indicated Affective responses (gaining perspective and self-awareness); Cognitive responses (goal setting and working through solving problems); and Skills responses (developing reflection abilities and critical thinking). Attributes of coaching included perceiving coaching as a positive, individualized and supportive experience that students were highly likely to access again. Conclusions: Coaching holds promise as an intervention offered to medical students to reduce stress and anxiety, and provide positive support for students, preparing them for their professional futures.


2009 ◽  
Vol 20 (8) ◽  
pp. 519-521 ◽  
Author(s):  
L J Garvey ◽  
C West ◽  
N Latch ◽  
S Leiblum ◽  
D Goldmeier

The frequency of spontaneous genital arousal (GA) and persistent genital arousal disorder (PGAD) in women is unknown. The aim of this study was to conduct an anonymous survey to assess the frequency and nature of spontaneous GA and PGAD in women attending a walk-in sexual health clinic in London. Female patients completed a questionnaire, which included demographic information, medical, psychiatric and gynaecology history, the hospital anxiety and depression scale, and a somatization scale. Patients were then asked to complete three questions regarding spontaneous and persistent GA. Any patient with one or more symptoms then answered questions about the distress, intensity and duration of sensations. Ninety-six subjects participated. The mean age was 28.97 years. Thirty-two women (33.3%) answered ‘yes’ to at least one question regarding spontaneous or persistent GA and six women (6.3%) women answered ‘yes’ to all three questions. Only one subject fulfilled all five diagnostic criteria for PGAD. In conclusion, women report a high rate of spontaneous GA in the absence of desire or excitement. This has not been well described previously. A small proportion of women report multiple features of spontaneous and persistent GA, with chronicity over years, but without distress in most cases. Larger studies are needed.


2005 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 275-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kara Zivin Bambauer ◽  
Steven E. Locke ◽  
Onesky Aupont ◽  
Mariquita G. Mullan ◽  
Thomas J. McLaughlin

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (60) ◽  
pp. 4686-4695
Author(s):  
Maira Gabriela Paetzold ◽  
Ligiane De Lourdes Silva ◽  
Márcia Regina Simões

Objetivo: A presente pesquisa teve como objetivo realizar uma revisão integrativa da literatura de instrumentos utilizados no rastreamento de depressão, ansiedade e misto (ambos) em amostras de estudantes de graduação. Método: a pesquisa ocorreu na base de dados PubMed, de 2009 até 2019. Resultados: Inicialmente foram encontrados 895 artigos, dos quais 345 foram incluídos após a leitura dos títulos e resumos; destes, 316 foram recuperados e posteriormente 176 foram excluídos após a leitura na íntegra, totalizando 140 artigos. Conclusão: Os instrumentos mais utilizados foram: a) Ansiedade: Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) (n=19) e State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) (n=17); b) Depressão: Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) (n=35); e c) Misto: Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21) (n=40) e Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) (n=19). O curso mais avaliado foi Medicina e os países com mais produções de artigos foram China (n=24) e Estados Unidos (n=20). O Brasil publicou apenas 7 artigos.


2000 ◽  
Vol 177 (3) ◽  
pp. 229-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Chadwick ◽  
Susan Lees ◽  
Max Birchwood

BackgroundWe present a revised Beliefs About Voices Questionnaire (BAVQ–R), a self-report measure of patients' beliefs, emotions and behaviour about auditory hallucinations.AimsTo improve measurement of omnipotence, a pivotal concept in understanding auditory hallucinations, and elucidate links between beliefs about voices, anxiety and depression.MethodsSeventy-one participants with chronic auditory hallucinations completed the BAVQ–R, and 58 also completed the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale.ResultsThe mean Cronbach's α for the five sub-scales was 0.86 (range 0.74–0.88). The study supports hypotheses about links between beliefs, emotions and behaviour, and presents original data on how these relate to the new omnipotence sub-scale. Original data are also presented on connections with anxiety and depression.ConclusionsThe BAVQ–R is more reliable and sensitive to individual differences than the original version, and reliably measures omnipotence.


2007 ◽  
Vol 100 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian M. Hughes

A brief, 3-item index of social support among college students, the Social Support at University Scale, is introduced. Its psychometric properties are examined in a sample of 90 college students (51 women, 39 men) and compared with those of an equivalent scale distributed among 100 university staff (67 women, 33 men). The Short-Form Social Support Questionnaire, the Perceived Stress Scale, and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale were also administered to each participant. The data suggest that the Social Support at University Scale possesses internal consistency reliability suitable for research (α= .68), external validity as indicated by comparisons between the student and staff samples, concurrent validity as indicated by correlations with measures of generic social support, and criterion validity as indicated by associations with known correlates of social support, namely, perceived stress, anxiety, and depression.


Assessment ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 337-353 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wilco H. M. Emons ◽  
Klaas Sijtsma ◽  
Susanne S. Pedersen

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