effect of spiritual-religious practice on health and life satisfaction of war survivors hospitalized due to covid-19

Aims: this study aimed to determine the effect of spiritual-religious practice on the health and life satisfaction of war survivors hospitalized due to covid-19.materials & methods: in this trial 150 hospitalized war survivors with covid-19, were randomly assigned into two groups. spiritual-religious practice (reciting “surah alhamd” and “ya-allah”) was taught to the intervention group. the practice was done 21 times. demographic characteristics, the score of the 12-item short form survey and of life satisfaction with life scale were gathered.findings: of 183 war survivors, 153 were reluctant to participate in the study. the differences between before and after the intervention were significant in intervention group in the following dimensions: physical functioning (p<0.0001); role physical (p<0.0001); mental health (p<0.0001); social functioning (p<0.0001); bodily pain (p<0.0001); general health (p<0.0001); mental component summary (p<0.0001) and physical component summary (p<0.0001). the differences of physical function (p<0.0001); role physical (p<0.0001); social functioning (p<0.0001); bodily pain (p<0.000); general health (p<0.0001); mental component summary (p=0.04) and physical component summary (p<0.0001) were significant in control group, as well. at the end of the study, the mean life satisfaction scores in the intervention and control groups were 0.61 and -0.28.conclusion: the study showed that spiritual-religious practice along with routine medical care improved role physical, physical component summary, and life satisfaction among war survivors hospitalized due to covid-19.