The Effect of Quran Reading on Anxiety and Cognitive-Behavioral Coping Strategies in Hemodialysis Patients

Mohammad Reza Sheikhiyan / Gastroenterologist and Liver Specialist at Imam Reza Hospital of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences                                                                                                                         SheikhianMR@mums.ac.ir

Soheyla MasimiBonab / MA of Clinical Psychology from Mashhad University of Medical Sciences

Received: 2016/06/22 - Accepted: 2017/01/25                                          soheyla.meysami@gmail.com

Abstract

This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of Quran reading on anxiety and cognitive/behavioral coping strategies in hemodialysis patients. This study was experimental with pre-test and post-test with control group. The subjects of the study were selected and studied using regular random sampling method from hemodialysis patients of the hemodialysis ward of Imam Reza hospital in Mashhad, having experimental group (n = 20) and control group (n = 20). All participants completed the Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Questionnaire and the Billings and Mouse Stress Questionnaire at the beginning of the study and two months after treatment. Covariance analysis was used to analyze the data. The results of covariance analysis showed that reading the Quran significantly reduced the mean scores of anxiety and emotional coping strategies in post-test. Quran reading had a positive effect on reducing anxiety and emotional coping strategies in hemodialysis patients.

Keywords: The Quran, Anxiety, cognitive coping strategies, behavioral coping strategies, Hemodialysis, .