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badiyepeymaiejahromi Z, Rassoli Emadi R. Outcomes of Spiritual/Religious Interventions in the Care of Patients with Beta Thalassemia Major: A Narrative Review. bloodj 2025; 22 (4) :336-345
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Background and Objectives
Management of beta thalassemia patients is essential yet complex, given that the disease has a poor prognosis. These patients have diverse physical, psychological, and emotional needs. Evidence indicates that they also have a high level of spiritual needs and are willing to receive spiritual care. The aim of this narrative review is to examine the outcomes of spiritual/religious interventions for patients with beta thalassemia major based on previous studies.
Materials and Methods
For this review study data were collected by searching Persian and English articles published between 2010-2024. Searches were conducted in the Google Scholar and the following databases: Web of Science, Scopus, Pubmed, SID, ISC and Magiran. The search keywords included spiritual, spirituality, religious, and thalassemia. Inclusion were limited to studies that evaluated the effect of spiritual or religious interventions on patients with major thalassemia in Iran. The initial search found 52 articles. After applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 6 quantitative articles (comprising 5 quasi-experimental studies and 1 clinical trial) were selected to review
.
Results
Based on the review of studies, it was determined that providing spiritual/religious interventions to patients with major thalassemia was found to reduce depression, stress, fatigue, and psychological distress, while improving life expectancy, resilience, spiritual health, self-efficacy, and pain self-efficacy.
Conclusions
Based on the reviewed studies, spiritual and religious interventions appear to positively affect on spiritual well-being, psychological states, and life expectancy in patients with beta-thalassemia major. However, the limited number of existing studies, precludes definitive recommendations regarding the integration of these interventions into standard clinical care. Therefore, future research should prioritize rigorously designed, evidence-based interventional studies to evaluate the effectiveness of such approaches for this patient population.
Management of beta thalassemia patients is essential yet complex, given that the disease has a poor prognosis. These patients have diverse physical, psychological, and emotional needs. Evidence indicates that they also have a high level of spiritual needs and are willing to receive spiritual care. The aim of this narrative review is to examine the outcomes of spiritual/religious interventions for patients with beta thalassemia major based on previous studies.
Materials and Methods
For this review study data were collected by searching Persian and English articles published between 2010-2024. Searches were conducted in the Google Scholar and the following databases: Web of Science, Scopus, Pubmed, SID, ISC and Magiran. The search keywords included spiritual, spirituality, religious, and thalassemia. Inclusion were limited to studies that evaluated the effect of spiritual or religious interventions on patients with major thalassemia in Iran. The initial search found 52 articles. After applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 6 quantitative articles (comprising 5 quasi-experimental studies and 1 clinical trial) were selected to review
.
Results
Based on the review of studies, it was determined that providing spiritual/religious interventions to patients with major thalassemia was found to reduce depression, stress, fatigue, and psychological distress, while improving life expectancy, resilience, spiritual health, self-efficacy, and pain self-efficacy.
Conclusions
Based on the reviewed studies, spiritual and religious interventions appear to positively affect on spiritual well-being, psychological states, and life expectancy in patients with beta-thalassemia major. However, the limited number of existing studies, precludes definitive recommendations regarding the integration of these interventions into standard clinical care. Therefore, future research should prioritize rigorously designed, evidence-based interventional studies to evaluate the effectiveness of such approaches for this patient population.
Type of Study: Review Article |
Subject:
Thalasemia
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