Spiritual needs for Muslim patients with chronic disease: A scoping review

Abstract

Introduction: For many patients struggling with a chronic illness, spirituality is an important way to deal with it. In Islam, spirituality is seen as calming and adaptable. The most important parts of spiritual needs involve understanding the meaning of human nature and man's relationship to God. 

Objective: Spiritual care is helpful for chronic patients in tolerating symptoms and dealing with conflicts relating to their conditions. The objective of this scoping review is to explore the dimension of the spiritual needs of chronic Muslim patients.

Inclusion criteria: In this scoping study, only publications that addressed spiritual needs were considered. As is typical when performing scoping reviews, a review of all research techniques relevant to this topic was included.

Methods: This scoping review collects the studies published from the year 2012 until 2021 written in English that were retrieved from PubMed, Scopus, Wos and ScienceDirect. This review focus on the article’s presence with spiritual needs especially for Muslim patients with chronic disease. The methodology of this review was based on Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI). The abstract from 1250 articles retrieved from database search was screened and unrelated paper were excluded. Remaining 424 papers went through full-text screening and twelve articles were selected.

Results: Twelve study were included. Five qualitative, five quantitative and one mix method measurement of study were found. The studies focus on spiritual needs for chronic Muslim patient in variety chronic diseases.

Conclusions: This result from this scoping review can give some idea in improving the quality of life and to fulfil spirituality for Muslim with chronic diseases. The result shows spiritual needs as one main resources of adjusting and coping with stressful situations, such as managing a chronic illness. From the point of view, spirituality, religion and personal beliefs are important factors influencing the perception of the quality of life of Muslim patient with chronic diseases