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Investigating the effect of spiritual group therapy on perceived stress, mental rumination and sleep quality of the elderly

Not Applicable
Conditions
Condition 1: Sleep disorder. Condition 2: perceived stress. Condition 3: rumination.
Registration Number
IRCT20150519022320N28
Lead Sponsor
Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Pending
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
44
Inclusion Criteria

Age 60 years old or older
Not having acute physical and mental illness
Ability to participate in research
Not having cognitive problems such as Alzheimer's disease, stroke, and transient brain attack
Willing to participate in the study
At least literate in reading and writing
Not having hearing impairment according to the individual's self-report of having a sleep disorder based on getting a score higher than 5 in the Pittsburgh Questionnaire

Exclusion Criteria

A person's refusal to participate in spiritual care programs
Not attending three sessions of the programs and the death of the elderly

Study & Design

Study Type
interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Response score to Cohen's perceived stress scale. Timepoint: Before, immediately and one month after the end of the intervention. Method of measurement: Cohen's Perceived Stress Questionnaire.;Response score to Nolen Hoeksma's mental rumination questionnaire. Timepoint: Before, immediately and one month after the end of the intervention. Method of measurement: Nalan Hoeksma mental rumination questionnaire.;Sleep quality. Timepoint: Before, immediately and one month after the end of the intervention. Method of measurement: Elderly Sleep Quality Scale.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
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