The Death awareness and Spiritual Experience of Health Care Workers during COVID-19 Outbreak

Ali  Nobahari; Elham  Fathi; Fateme  Malekshahi Beiranvand; Abolfazl Hatami  Varzaneh

doi:10.18502/jchr.v11i1.9093

Ali Nobahari Nekoei-Hedayati-Forghani Hospital, Qom University of Medical Science, Qom, Iran
Elham Fathi Assistant professor, Counseling Department, Hazrat-e Masoumeh University, Qom, Iran
Fateme Malekshahi Beiranvand Ph.D. in Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran
Abolfazl Hatami Varzaneh Assistant professor, Counseling Department, Hazrat-e Masoumeh University, Qom, Iran

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18502/jchr.v11i1.9093

Keywords: Coronavirus Outbreak; Death awareness; Health care workers; Spiritual Experience

Abstract

Introduction: The present study aims to identify the death awareness and spiritual experience of the health care workers in Iran.

Methods: Eleven health care workers involved with Coronavirus patients were selected through purposeful sampling and had in-depth semi-structured interviews. Conventional content analysis was utilized to analyze the data.

Results: The conventional content analysis revealed four themes: 1- Increasing death awareness 2- Effective spiritual strategies; 3- Effective spiritual beliefs;
4- Pleasant and unpleasant existential experiences.

Conclusion: We can conclude that health care workers in dealing with epidemics such as coronavirus as a front-line force need spiritual heath to help themselves and the patients.