Journal of Islamic International Medical College (Jun 2023)

Spiritual Intelligence, Self-Management Skills, Depression and Anxiety in Patients with Tuberculosis

  • Sidra Saleem,
  • Saima Majeed

DOI
https://doi.org/10.57234/jiimc.june23.629
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 18, no. 2
pp. 144 – 149

Abstract

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Objective: The present study aimed to examine the relationship between spiritual intelligence, selfmanagement skills, depression, and anxiety in patients with tuberculosis. Study Design: Correlational survey research design was used. Place and Duration of the Study: This study was conducted in Pakistan and data was collected from Government TB Hospital Sargodha, from year December 1, 2019, to September 2020. Materials and Methods: Participants comprised Tuberculosis patients (N= 113) both in and outpatients of Government TB, Hospital Sargodha. Four self-report measures including Spiritual Intelligence Self-Report 1 2 3 Inventory, The Self-Control and Self-Management Skills Scale, Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, and 4 Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale were used for data collection. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were employed for the analyses of data. Results: The results of Pearson product-moment correlation revealed that spiritual intelligence has a significant positive correlation with self-management skills (r = .42, p < .001) and a significant negative relationship with depression (r = -.25, p < .01) and anxiety (r = -.27, p < .01); self-management has a momentous negative relationship with depression (r = -.59, p < .001) and anxiety (r = -.38, p < .001). Depression has a significant positive association with anxiety (r = .73, p < .001). Hierarchical Regression analysis showed that selfmanagement clarified 14 % variance in anxiety with F (1, 111) = 18.51, p < .001; and self-management clarified 35 % variance in depression with F (1, 111) = 60.21, p < .001. Conclusion: The outcomes of the present study revealed that there is an important negative association between spiritual intelligence, depression, and anxiety. It was also revealed that there is a substantial positive relationship between spiritual intelligence and self-management skills in the present population of patients with tuberculosis.

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