The Experts below are selected from a list of 288 Experts worldwide ranked by ideXlab platform

Mohammad Reza Pirmoradi - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Professors’ Attitudes Toward Considering Spirituality and Spiritual Counseling and Training During Medical Education Among Medical Students: A Qualitative Study
    Journal of Molecular Biology Research, 2018
    Co-Authors: Golnaz Mazaheri Nejad Fard, Ali Asghar Asgharnejad Farid, Neda Shahvaroughi Farahani, Zeinab Ghaempanah, Mohammad Reza Pirmoradi
    Abstract:

    Background and aim: Spirituality is considered as one of the dimensions of health, along with physical, psychological and social health which includes an element of excellence and transcendence. However, it is unclear whether contemporary medical professors in Iran still considering this concept in their training program. This study assesses the professors' attitude toward considering Spirituality and Spiritual Counseling and training during medical education among medical students.Materials and methods: This is a qualitative study with conventional content analysis method. 43 participants, who were main stakeholders in medical education were selected by convenience sampling. Data were collected using structured interviews from September to October 2017, which continued until data saturation.Ethical consideration: the principles of ethics and integrity in the research, citation and literature analysis were taken into consideration.Finding: Three main themes and their categories were extracted from analysis of data. The themes are (1) helping to solve the students' Spiritual problems and challenges (2), Psycho-Spiritual characteristics of medical student (3), training Spiritual concepts.Conclusion: A majority of professors acknowledged the use of Spirituality concepts in medical education. It seems that implementation of such programs requires attention to facilitating factors and challenges proposed by those involved.

Harold G. Koenig - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Effect of Spiritual Counseling on Spiritual well-being in Iranian women with cancer: A randomized clinical trial.
    Complementary therapies in clinical practice, 2017
    Co-Authors: Mahbobeh Sajadi, Naimeh Niazi, Sharareh Khosravi, Abolghasem Yaghobi, Mahboubeh Rezaei, Harold G. Koenig
    Abstract:

    Abstract Objectives This study examined the effect of Spiritual Counseling on the Spiritual well-being of Iranian women with cancer. Design and setting a randomized clinical trial was conducted on 42 female cancer patients who were randomized to either an 8-week Spiritual Counseling intervention (n = 21) or a control group that received routine education/care (n = 21). Spiritual well-being (SWB) was assessed before and after the 8-week Spiritual Counseling program using Paloutzian and Ellison's (1983) Spiritual Well-Being Scale (SWBS). Results There were no significant differences on SWBS and its two subscales scores (RWB and EWB) between intervention and control groups at baseline (p > .05). After intervention, there was a significant mean difference in SWB (p = .001), RWB (p = .013) and EWB (p = .001) in two groups. Conclusions Spiritual Counseling is associated with significant improvements in SWB in Iranian women with cancer. Interventions that acknowledge the Spiritual needs of these patients should be incorporated into conventional treatments.

  • to heal and restore broken bodies a retrospective descriptive study of the role and impact of pastoral care in the treatment of patients with burn injury
    Annals of Plastic Surgery, 2014
    Co-Authors: Charles Scott Hultman, Michael A Saou, Tanner S Roach, Suzanne Cloyd Hultman, Bruce A Cairns, Shirley Massey, Harold G. Koenig
    Abstract:

    Despite advances in resuscitation, resurfacing, and reconstruction, recovery in burn patients often depends upon emotional, psychosocial, and Spiritual healing. We characterized the Spiritual needs of burn patients to help identify resources necessary to optimize recovery. We performed a retrospective review of all patients admitted to a regional, accredited burn center, in 2011. We accessed multiple clinical, financial, and administrative databases, collected demographic data, including religious affiliation, and recorded the number and type of pastoral care visits. Outcome measures included length of stay (LOS), physician and facility charges, and mortality. We compared patients who had a pastoral care visit with those who did not, as well as patients with a religious affiliation with those who had no or an unknown affiliation. During the study period, our burn center admitted 1338 patients, 314 of whom were visited by chaplains, for a total of 1077 encounters (3.43 visits per patient seen). Most frequent interventions were prayer, social support, and Spiritual Counseling. Compared to patients who had no visit, patients who saw a chaplain had a larger total body surface area burn, longer LOS, higher charges, and higher mortality (10.2% vs. 0.78%, P < 0.001). Patients who had a religious affiliation had slightly lower mortality than patients with unknown or no religious affiliation (0.87% vs. 3.19%), but this did not reach statistical significance. In burn patients, utilization of pastoral care appears to be linked to size of burn, financial charges, and length of stay, with religious affiliation serving as a possible marker for improved survival. Plastic surgeons and burn providers should consider and address the Spiritual needs of burn patients, as a component of recovery.

Golnaz Mazaheri Nejad Fard - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Professors’ Attitudes Toward Considering Spirituality and Spiritual Counseling and Training During Medical Education Among Medical Students: A Qualitative Study
    Journal of Molecular Biology Research, 2018
    Co-Authors: Golnaz Mazaheri Nejad Fard, Ali Asghar Asgharnejad Farid, Neda Shahvaroughi Farahani, Zeinab Ghaempanah, Mohammad Reza Pirmoradi
    Abstract:

    Background and aim: Spirituality is considered as one of the dimensions of health, along with physical, psychological and social health which includes an element of excellence and transcendence. However, it is unclear whether contemporary medical professors in Iran still considering this concept in their training program. This study assesses the professors' attitude toward considering Spirituality and Spiritual Counseling and training during medical education among medical students.Materials and methods: This is a qualitative study with conventional content analysis method. 43 participants, who were main stakeholders in medical education were selected by convenience sampling. Data were collected using structured interviews from September to October 2017, which continued until data saturation.Ethical consideration: the principles of ethics and integrity in the research, citation and literature analysis were taken into consideration.Finding: Three main themes and their categories were extracted from analysis of data. The themes are (1) helping to solve the students' Spiritual problems and challenges (2), Psycho-Spiritual characteristics of medical student (3), training Spiritual concepts.Conclusion: A majority of professors acknowledged the use of Spirituality concepts in medical education. It seems that implementation of such programs requires attention to facilitating factors and challenges proposed by those involved.

Samta P. Pandya - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Intervention Outcomes, Anxiety, Self-Esteem, and Self-Efficacy With DHH Students in Universities.
    Journal of deaf studies and deaf education, 2020
    Co-Authors: Samta P. Pandya
    Abstract:

    This article reports the impact of an online Spiritual Counseling (OSC) program in mitigating anxiety and building self-esteem and academic self-efficacy among deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) students in universities. Compared to online relaxation sessions, the OSC was more effective. Male DHH students and those whose parents were highly qualified exhibited less anxiety and higher self-esteem and self-efficacy at pretest (T1). Post-test (T2) male students having better educated parents responded better to the OSC. T2 anxiety was lower and self-esteem and academic self-efficacy was higher for liberal arts students and having stay-at-home parents compared with science and commerce students and whose parents worked outside home. Self-esteem was also positively moderated by better economic class and presence of siblings. Intervention compliance in terms of regular attendance and self-practice mediated the relationship between sociodemographic predictors and outcomes. Results support the biopsychosocial model and encourage the implementation of the OSC with DHH university students.

  • Online Spiritual Counseling Mitigates Immigration Stress and Promotes Better Marital Adjustment of South Asian Young Dual-Earner Couples Who Emigrate to Western Countries
    Contemporary Family Therapy, 2020
    Co-Authors: Samta P. Pandya
    Abstract:

    This article reports a study examining the impact of online Spiritual Counseling (OSC) sessions in mitigating immigration stress and promoting better marital adjustment of South Asian young dual earner couples emigrating to the USA. The OSC was effective for intervention group couples as compared to the waitlist control group. Post-test immigration stress was lower for those with professional degrees and who had prior living experience in the USA. Marital adjustment scores were higher for Hindu and Sikh couples, with professional degrees, who had prior living experience in the USA, for whom the marriage was a personal choice, and who had no children. Intervention compliance in terms of attendance and self-practice mediated the association between socio-demographic predictors and outcomes. There was concordance in outcomes of the dyadic partners, immigration stress and marital adjustment scores of husbands and wives were interdependent and associated. Within family therapy, the effectiveness of the OSC sessions for immigrant couples is supported with modifications for certain subgroups. Refinements may include adding familiar Spiritual tenets for Christian and Muslim couples, including aspects of dealing with acculturation for those with no prior emigration experience and partner adjustment for couples in arranged marriages, and simpler expectations from those with children.

  • Spiritual Counseling Program For Single Women In Late-Life Heterosexual Romantic Relationships Across Cultures:
    Journal of Pastoral Care & Counseling: Advancing theory and professional practice through scholarly and reflective publications, 2018
    Co-Authors: Samta P. Pandya
    Abstract:

    This article reports on a 2-year multi-city study on the effectiveness of a Spiritual Counseling program (SCP) in enhancing relationship satisfaction and reducing adjustment anxieties among single ...

  • Spiritual Counseling Program For Children with Anxiety Disorders: A multi-city experiment.
    The journal of pastoral care & counseling : JPCC, 2018
    Co-Authors: Samta P. Pandya
    Abstract:

    This article reports on a multi-city two-year long experiment on the effect of a Spiritual Counseling program (SCP) on children diagnosed with anxiety disorders. The two-year customized SCP was con...

William C. Holmes - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Stigma and the Acceptability of Depression Treatments Among African Americans and Whites
    Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2007
    Co-Authors: Jane L. Givens, Ira R. Katz, Scarlett Bellamy, William C. Holmes
    Abstract:

    BACKGROUND Stigma is associated with depression treatment, however, whether stigma differs between depression treatment modalities is not known, nor have racial differences in depression treatment stigma been fully explored. OBJECTIVE To measure stigma for four depression treatments and estimate its association with treatment acceptability for African Americans and whites. DESIGN Cross-sectional, anonymous mailed survey. PARTICIPANTS Four hundred and ninety African-American and white primary care patients. MEASUREMENTS The acceptability of four depression treatments (prescription medication, mental health Counseling, herbal remedy, and Spiritual Counseling) was assessed using a vignette. Treatment-specific stigma was evaluated by asking whether participants would: (1) feel ashamed; (2) feel comfortable telling friends and family; (3) feel okay if people in their community knew; and (4) not want people at work to know about each depression treatment. Sociodemographics, depression history, and current depressive symptoms were measured. RESULTS Treatment-specific stigma was lower for herbal remedy than prescription medication or mental health Counseling ( p