The effectiveness of psycho-religious therapeutic program in reducing preoperative anxiety

Abstract EN

psychological effects of practicing religious rituals on reducing anxiety.

Pre-operative anxiety will be used as a model in this study.

The researchers suggested a psychological therapy program based on the principles of Islamic religion (faith, practice and prayer) .The semi-experimental approach whose results were considered to be the most accurate and valid was chosen.

The appropriate design was chosen, namely, the design of the two groups (experimental and control).

State-Trait Anxiety Inventory STAIof Spielberger and The Templer scale for death anxiety were used for measurement .

Finally, we conclude that the differences between the experimental group and the control groups for each test are statistically significant at (0.01) for the control group, which means that the independent variable (the proposed Islamic psychotherapy program) is effective in reducing "preoperative anxiety