The effect of a spiritual meditation-based educational intervention on emotional intelligence and occupational stress among nurses

The effect of a spiritual meditation-based educational intervention on emotional intelligence and occupational stress among nurses working in healthcare centers affiliated with Shiraz University of Medical Sciences.

In this study, the intervention group will participate in a mindfulness training program based on spiritual meditation, consisting of eight in-person sessions over a two-month period. The educational content is designed according to Richards and Bergin's spiritual model, adapted with an Islamic approach, and will be delivered by the attending physician.

This randomized, two-group, open-label clinical trial will include 120 nurses from public hospitals in Shiraz (60 in the intervention group, 60 in the control group). Researchers will select eligible nurses via convenience sampling upon their referral to the hospital. A random number table will then allocate them to the intervention or control groups.

Inclusion criteria were official or contractual hospital employment, at least six months of work experience, and willingness to participate. Exclusion criteria were active psychiatric disorders requiring specialized treatment, severe physical or mental illness, concurrent similar interventions, and missing more than two intervention sessions.

The intervention group will participate in a mindfulness training program based on spiritual meditation, delivered in eight in-person sessions over a two-month period. In contrast, the control group will receive no educational intervention during the study and will only be provided with standard care.

Mean scores of emotional intelligence and occupational stress.

Participants were allocated to the study groups using simple randomization based on a table of random numbers. The random numbers were read sequentially from top to bottom, with the predetermined allocation rule that even numbers were assigned to the intervention group and odd numbers to the control group

It will be published as an article titled: "Determining the Effect of a Spiritual Meditation-Based Educational Intervention on Emotional Intelligence and Occupational Stress Among Nurses Working in Healthcare Centers Affiliated With Shiraz University of Medical Sciences."

2026-2027

All people

For healthcare teams (including physicians, nurses, and social workers) to become familiar with the implementation of this educational intervention.

To obtain the document, please refer to the principal investigator of the study, Dr. Tayyebeh Rakhshani.

To obtain information, please refer to the thesis supervisor, Dr. Tayyebeh Rakhshani, or the researcher, Dr. Samira Taravatmanesh.