Relationship Between Meaning of Life and Spiritual Well-being in the Older People Residing in Nursing Homes Shemiranat, 2014

Abstract

Objectives Spiritual health is one of the significant dimensions of health. It plays an important role in the\rhealth of older people and brings aims and meanings to their lives. This study aimed to investigate the\rrelationship between life meaning and spiritual health of elderly people.\rMethods & Materials In this descriptive-analytic study, 204 elderly people living in nursing homes of Shemiranat\rin 2014 were selected by convenient sampling. Information was collected through Polotzin\rand Elison's spiritual Well-Being Questionnaires. SPSS software, Pearson correlation coefficient, and tindependent\rtests were used to analyze the data.\rResults The mean scores of spiritual health and life meaning were 72.96±12.65 and 53.03±3.93, respectively.\rThere were positive and significant relationships between overall spiritual health and life meaning\r(P<0.05; r=0.31), existential health and life meaning (P<0.05; r=0.16), and religious health and life\rmeaning (P<0.05; r=0.15). There was also a significant relationship between education and life meaning\r(P<0.05; r=0.12).\rConclusion Research on factors associated with the meaning of life and effective interventions to raise it\rin older adults is recommended.