Abstract
Patients hospitalized in burn wards suffer severe anxiety before going into a dressing room and in spite of opioid administration experience pain and anguish when dressing is changed and during the hospitalization period. As soon as these patients hear the word โdressing roomโ they show signs of distress. Referring to the verse โOnly by reciting the name of God the hearts will ๏ฌnd peaceโ and the fact that the word โrecitingโ has been repeated for 260 times in Quran we decided to examine the effect of Hazrate Zahra Praises (including 100 recitations of the word โAllahโ) on the anxiety before and during dressing change so that in case it is e๏ฌective opioid administration and the resulting unfavorable side effects are controlled. Objectives: The study at hand was conducted with the aim of determining the effect of reciting the word โAllahโ on the pain and agony of dressing change in burn patients. Materials and Methods: The present study is a quasi-experimental research. The cases under study are 30 burn patients hospitalized in the burn ward of Hazrate Ayatollah Moosavi Treatment and Training Center. Sampling method was objective-based. Data was collected through questionnaires including three parts. The ๏ฌrst part dealt with demographic characteristics, second part with pain intensity assessment using Beyerโs index and the third part with Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale (HADS) and anxiety assessment. Data was analyzed using SPSS 16, Paird t-test and chi2 test. Results: The results indicated that 57% of the cases under study were men. Their mean age was 33. 5 and 68% of the patients suffered second and third degree burns. Mean pain intensity of dressing change without โrecitingโ was 85. 7 and mean pain intensity of dressing change โrecitingโ the word was 21. 5. Paired t-test showed that the difference was statistically signi๏ฌcant (P=0.002). Mean anxiety level before โrecitingโ was 12. 14 which decreased to 9. 15 after โrecitingโ. Paired t-test indicated that this difference was statistically signi๏ฌcant too (P=0.001).Conclusions: The ๏ฌndings of the study at hand are indicative of the successful effect of reciting in alleviating pain and reducing anxiety. Ayatollah Makarem e Shirazi notes in the ๏ฌrst volume of Tafsire Noomune that โreciting the name of Allah causes the individual to feel more mental ability or strength and the individual will not fear the immensity of problemsโ. Also many psychologists and psychiatrists have found that praying, reciting and complete attention to God (with all senses and wholeheartedly) distracts the individual from life challenges and mind concerns thus eliminating the sense of fear , worry and perturbation and creating a sense of inner peace.