Introduction: Human need for religion is as old as history. Because human have always been need strong supporter. One of the points that explain the relationship between religious attitudes and mental health, Sense of hope. Studies show that religion can be effective in creating a sense of hope, emotional relax, reduce of stress and help the problems solving. The aim of present research was to investigate relationships between religious orientation and hope with health anxiety among of women nurses of Imam Khomeini hospital.
Method: This is a descriptive in the context of the cross-sectional study. The statistical population of the study was, all of women who nurses in the hospital in Sep 2010 in Imam Khomeini hospital of Tehran have employed. By using sampling method, a people of the 70 from nurses selected. Tools used in this study were questionnaires of Snyder hopes questionnaire and health anxiety Salkovskis scale and religious orientation of Bahrami Ehsan scale. Dates were analyzed with using of Pearson correlation analysis.
Results: The result of statistical analysis shows that there is significant relationship between religious orientation and hope (P<0.01). But there is no relationship between religious orientation and health anxiety (P>0.05). Also there is an inverse relationship between hope and health anxiety (P>0.05).
Conclusion: The results of this study show with the strengthening of the religious dimensions and the emphasis on mental health keeping in nurses can be strengthened their hope. If they have a positive understanding of the cognitive components and religious attitudes, Will have high commitments to do their duties.
Hosseini Ghomi T, Salimi Bajestani H, Zakeri N. Relationship religious orientation and hope with health anxiety among women nurses in Imam Khomeini hospital of Tehran. IJNR 2014; 9 (1) :17-24 URL: http://ijnr.ir/article-1-1329-en.html