Spiritual needs and quality of life of patients with heart failure

Abstract

Background: Patients with heart failure often experience physical problems that disrupt daily activities. These problems have an impact on the patient's spiritual needs and quality of life. Purpose: To find out the relationship between spiritual needs and the quality of life of patients with heart failure. Method: Descriptive quantitative. The research was carried out at the heart clinic at Dr. Moewardi Hospital, Surakarta from January to August 2023. The number of samples was 100 respondents using the method purposive sampling. Data collection was carried out using the SpNQ and MLHFQ questionnaires. Results: Based on data analysis, it was found that the average respondent was 60% male with a maximum age distribution of 61-70 years (39%). Regarding the description of spiritual needs, the majority of respondents had a high level of spiritual needs (79%). In the quality of life variable, the majority of respondents have a good level of quality of life (55%). Based on the results of cross tabulation, a picture of the level of spiritual needs and quality of life of respondents shows that a high level of spiritual needs, in fact, a moderate level of quality of life is greater than a high level of quality of life with a result of 55%. Conclusion: The majority of respondents have a high level of spirituality with levels of good quality of life and moderate quality of life which are not much different.