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| Published: September 25, 2015

Relationship between Spiritual Well-being and Quality of Life among Chronically Ill Individuals

Kanwal Shahbaz

Center for Counseling and Career Advisory C3A, NUST, Islamabad, Pakistan. Google Scholar More about the auther

, Dr. Kiran Shahbaz

Department of Counseling and Rehabilitation, Perfect Health Pvt. Ltd, Islamabad, Pakistan Google Scholar More about the auther

DIP: 18.01.105/20150204

DOI: 10.25215/0204.105

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The study was aimed to find the relationship between Spiritual Wellbeing and Quality of Life among chronically ill individuals. Likewise, relationship between demographic variables with Quality of Life and Spiritual Wellbeing were also reconnoitered. Non probability purposive sampling technique was used with chronically ill patients of 15yrs to 80yrs. For measuring spiritual wellbeing Urdu version of “Spiritual Wellness Inventory” (SWI-URDU) (Hanif, 2010) was used. Alternatively, for the measurement of Quality of life WHO Quality of Life Questionnaire (WHO-QOL-BREF) was used. A sample of 200 chronically ill patients were taken from four different hospitals of Rawalpindi and Islamabad. Reliabilities of both the instruments were computed as 0.90 for SWI and 0.74 for WHO-QOL-BREF. Findings show that quality of life and Spiritual wellbeing is positively related among chronically ill individuals. Males found to score high on spiritual wellbeing than females. Individuals with less education are more spiritually inclined as compared to individuals with high education. Quality of life was scored high by individuals with higher education as compared to less education. Married individuals were having better quality of life than unmarried, separated widow and divorced. Patients with middle socio-economic status were having better quality of life than higher and lower. Quality of life was high among individuals with better monthly income than those who have low and middle monthly incomes. Spiritual well being is higher in middle adolescents (15-17) than in late (18-20) adolescents. The current research can be implemented in designing the intervention plans for the betterment of chronically ill patients. It may also help us to develop an insight that each patient with same disease but in different age group and socio-economic status has different needs and plans of treatment and care.

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Kanwal Shahbaz @ dr.kiran.shahbazz@gmail.com

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ISSN 2348-5396

ISSN 2349-3429

18.01.105/20150204

10.25215/0204.105

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Published in   Volume 02, Issue 4, July-September, 2015