Investigating the effect of transcendental meditation on spiritual wellbeing of Type-2 diabetic amputees: A clinical trial study.
Ali Heydari Movahed, Fakhri Sabouhi, Reza Mohammadpourhodki, Sepideh Mahdavi, Sima Goudarzian, Malihe Amerian, Mona Mohtashami, Mansoure Kheiri, Malihe Imeni
Heliyon November 1, 2020 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05567 (opens in new tab) via PubMed
Summary
AI-generated from the abstractA clinical trial randomly assigned 54 type-2 diabetic amputees to an experimental group receiving transcendental meditation (three sessions) or a control group. Spiritual well-being was measured before and after the intervention using the 20-item Spiritual Well-Being Scale. Before the intervention, the groups did not differ significantly. After the intervention, the mean spiritual well-being score was 97.82 ± 9.25 in the control group and 88.40 ± 9.47 in the experimental group (P = 0.001). The authors suggest that spiritual care can improve spiritual well-being in this population.
Study at a glance
| Characteristics | Randomized controlled trial Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 54 |
| Population | Type-2 diabetic amputees |
| Intervention | Transcendental meditation |
| Keywords | Alternative medicine Amputation Clinical psychology Clinical research Evidence-based medicine |
| Key finding | Spiritual well-being scores were lower in the transcendental meditation group than in the control group after the intervention. |
Abstract
Diabetes is a chronic, progressive and life-threatening metabolic syndrome that causes physical complications such as amputation, psychological complications and crisis in one's life, which leads to increased expression of spirituality and increased use of spiritual support as a coping mechanism. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of spiritual care on the spiritual wellbeing of type-2 diabetic amputees. In the present clinical trial study, 54 type-2 diabetic amputees were randomly divided into two groups; namely, experimental and control in 2014 and underwent transcendental meditation (TM) in three sessions. The 20-item spiritual well-being scale (SWBS) (Paloutzian and Ellision), which measures the spiritual well-being dimensions, was completed by patients before and after the intervention. Data analysis was performed using descriptive and inferential methods (paired T-test, independent t-test, Fisher's exact test, mann-whitney test, and chi-square) in SPSS ver. 16. The results showed no statistically significant difference between the experimental and control groups in terms of mean spiritual wellbeing before the intervention, but, the post-intervention mean spiritual wellbeing score in the control and experimental groups was 97.82 ± 9.25 and 88.40 ± 9.47, respectively. (α = 0.05) (P = 0.001). According to the results of the present study, it seems that spiritual care is able to improve the spiritual wellbeing status of individuals.