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Effect of Prayer on Severity of Patients Illness in Intensive Care Units
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Keyvan Taghizadehkarati   , Minoo Asadzandi , Seyyed davvod Tadrisi , Abbass Ebadi |
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Abstract: (4697 Views) |
| Introduction : Faith therapy is one of the treatments which connect the patients with power of the Holy God so that the patient seeks healing and cure. This study aimed “to determine the effect of prayer in reducing severity and intensity of the patients' illness”. Methods : This was a two-group controlled clinical trial , purposive study with 70 subjects that was done in Intensive Care Units of Baqiatallah hospital in 2010. The patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and with congestive heart failure investigated . The patients in the intervention group were studied with recorded prayer for 3 days used prayer attributed to Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). No intervention was applied in the control group. To evaluate the severity of the patients’ illness, SOFA (Sequential Organ Failure Assessment) scale and for statistical analysis, parametric and non-parametric test was used through software SPSS 15. Results : According to Mann-Whitney test, average difference of illness intensity of the patients between the first and the second day in the intervention group was -0.82± 92 (p>0.05) whereas between the first and the third day was -2.08±1.29 (p<; 0.001) and between the second and the third day was -1.25±0.91. Conclusion : Prayer therapy has a positive effect on reducing the severity of the patients' illness. |
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Type of Study: Research |
Subject:
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Received: 2019/03/3 | Published: 2011/04/15
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