Promotion of Self-Transcendence in a Multiple Sclerosis Peer Support Groups

Background: self-transcendence can organize the challenges of multiple sclerosis patients to achieve and maintain a constant state of well-being and sense of integrity in the disease process. as a research based on self-transcendence didn't done in iran, the present study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of peer groups on promoting self-transcendence level in multiple sclerosis (ms) patients. materials and methods: this study is a before and after quasi-experimental study that was conducted on 33 patients with confirmed ms participated in three peer support groups: 10 men in male group, 11 women in female group and 12 men and women in mixed group. eight weekly sessions and each session was 2 hours were held. data collection tool was self-transcendence scale (sts) with 15 item and cronbach's coefficient was 0.68 that after modifying, it increased to 0.81. patients completed self administered questionnaires pre- and post of sessions.results: results showed that peer support groups promote the self-transcendence (p=0.001) with increases in mean self-transcendence scores in all 3 groups (men group: 0.008, women group 0.005 and mixed group: 0.003). comparing scores before and after intervention demonstrated that self-transcendence increased equally in all groups.conclusion: the results showed an improving in self-transcendence in peer support group participants at the end of the intervention. the results can be used in areas of nursing education and management. it is proposed that the self-transcendence assessment to be done in other chronic disease in order to evaluate its efficiency.