Evaluation of Stress Factors in ICU and CCU Khazali K PhD, et al. Evaluation of Stress Factors in ICU and CCU Patients with Emphasis upon Their Religious Beliefs

Background- We sought to study stress, and in particular environmental, psychological and treatment-related stress factors, in coronary care unit (CCU) and intensive care unit (ICU) patients with particular emphasis upon their religious beliefs. Method- Four hundred patients upon discharge from the CCU or ICU were asked to answer a standard questionnaire, composed of demographic data; 5 faith-based questions; 36 questions about treatment-related factors; 9 questions about environmental factors; and 3 questions about psychological factors. The data were analyzed with the SPSS software, as well as Chi-square, ANOVA and nonparametric correlations tests. Quantification of the severity of the said factors was done by allocating the number one for the non-provocation of the stress factors and the number 6 for the highest severity of the stress factors. Result- Data having been collected and statistical analysis having been carried out, the severity of the stress factors was divided into the three categories of mild (mean: 1-2.99), medium (mean: 3-3.99) and severe (mean: 4-5.99). The results are as follows: a) Treatment-related stress factors when treatment was administered by the same-sex hospita