Relationship between levels of anxiety, Self-Compassion, and Spiritual wellbeing among Patients with Generalized Anxiety Disorder | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||||
| Article 37, Volume 13, Issue 1, March 2022, Page 517-527 PDF (802.75 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2022.219056 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Rania Abdel-Hamid Zaki1; Hoda Sayed Mohammed2; Hanaa Ezz El-Din Prince3 | ||||
| 1Assistant Professor of Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing1 Faculty of Nursing-Ain Shams University | ||||
| 2Lecturer of Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing-Ain Shams University | ||||
| 3Lecturer of Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing,Faculty of Nursing-Ain Shams University | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is marked by excessive, exaggerated anxiety and worry about everyday life events for no obvious reason. Spirituality and self-compassion are two positive psychological factors that have been associated with reduced anxiety levels among patients with generalized anxiety disorder. Aim: This study aimed to assess the relationship between levels of anxiety, Self-Compassion, and Spiritual wellbeing among Patients with Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Design: A Descriptive correlational research design was used. Sample. A purposive sample included 120 patients with generalized anxiety disorder who attended the outpatient clinic for psychiatric patients at El Abassia mental health hospital. Tools of data collection: The data was collected using 1) interviewing questionnaire to assess the demographic data of patients with generalized anxiety disorder 2) the Self compassion scale (SCS), 3) the Beck anxiety scale (BAI), and 4) Spiritual well-being scale (SWB). Results: The results showed that more than half (54%) of patients under study were had severe levels of anxiety, the majority (84%) had a low total level of self-compassion, 58 % of them were had low level of spiritual well-being and there were highly statistically significant differences between all levels of self - compassions subscales and spiritual wellbeing subscales. Moreover, there was a positive correlation between levels of self -compassions and levels of spiritual wellbeing and a negative correlation between anxiety levels, self-compassion, and spiritual wellbeing among patients’ understudies. Conclusions: This study concluded that more than half of patients with generalized anxiety disorder understudy were had severe levels of anxiety and low level of spiritual well-being, and most of them were had low levels of self-compassion. In addition, it was a positive correlation between total levels of self -compassions subscales and total levels of spiritual wellbeing subscales of patients with generalized anxiety disorder under study. Recommendations: This study recommended, designing, and implementing nursing intervention programs for enhancing self-compassion, spiritual wellbeing, and decrease anxiety levels among patients with generalized anxiety disorder. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Self-compassion - spirituality wellbeing; major anxiety disorder | ||||
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