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Meta-Analysis
. 2024 Jun;63(3):2291-2313.
doi: 10.1007/s10943-024-02002-x. Epub 2024 Feb 19.

The Effect of Religious-Spiritual Education and Care on the Quality of Life of Iranian Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Bita Ashabi  1 , Mohsen Kazeminia  1 , Mojgan Nazari  2 , Maedeh Oshnookhah  1 , Ehsan Mahmoudi  1 , Tayebeh Mahvar  1 , Zahra Javanbakht  3 , Mastaneh Kamravamanesh  4   5
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Meta-Analysis

The Effect of Religious-Spiritual Education and Care on the Quality of Life of Iranian Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Bita Ashabi et al. J Relig Health. 2024 Jun.

Abstract

So far, several preliminary studies have been conducted on the effect of religious-spiritual education and care on the quality of life of women in different parts of Iran. Therefore, the current study aims to explore the effect of religious-spiritual education and care on the quality of life of Iranian women through systematic review and meta-analysis. Databases searched for studies related to the research objective include SID, MagIran, Embase, PubMed, Scopus, WoS, and Google Scholar. The search was performed using keywords linked to and validated with MeSH/Emtree with no time limit until April 2022. The I2 index was used to calculate the heterogeneity of the studies and the random effects model was used to combine the data and perform the meta-analysis. Finally, 14 articles with a sample size of 295 intervention group and 288 control group were included in the meta-analysis. The mean score of the quality of life after the intervention showed a significant increase of 1.87 ± 0.29 (95% confidence interval) per unit (P < 0.001). Meta-regression results showed that with the increasing year of study and age, the standardized mean difference decreased and with increasing the number of intervention sessions, this difference increased (P < 0.05). The results of this study show that religious-spiritual education and care significantly increase the quality of life of Iranian women. Therefore, it seems that the use of religious-spiritual education and care can be part of the program to increase the quality of life of women.

Keywords: Iran; Meta-analysis; Quality of life; Spirituality; Systematic review.

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