en تجربه معنوی زیسته افراد مبتلا به کووید-19: یک مطالعه پدیدارشناسی تخصصي Special پژوهشي Research <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-justify:kashida"><span style="text-kashida:0%"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">Background and objectives:</span></span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""> This research aimed to explore the spiritual experiences of patients who had had COVID-19, as spirituality is believed to provide support and aid in coping with stress and illness. The COVID-19 pandemic has become a significant public health issue globally, including in Iran.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-justify:kashida"><span style="text-kashida:0%"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-justify:kashida"><span style="text-kashida:0%"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">Materials and Methods:</span></span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""> This qualitative study was conducted with a hermeneutic phenomenology approach. Data were collected between November 2022 and May 2023. The researchers held interviews with 14 patients admitted to a hospital in T</span></span></span><span class="cf01" segoe="" style="font-family:" ui=""><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">ehran</span></span></span></span><span class="cf01" segoe="" style="font-family:" ui=""><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">, capital city of Iran</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">. Data were analyzed based on the approach of Dickelman et al. Lincoln and Guba criteria including credibility, confirmability, dependability, and transferability were used for assessment of data trustworthiness.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-justify:kashida"><span style="text-kashida:0%"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="text-justify:kashida"><span style="text-kashida:0%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Results: </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">It was found that spiritual experiences of the participants can be divided into 3 themes including </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">&ldquo;Psychic Experiences&rdquo;, &ldquo;Experiences of Deferring&rdquo; and &ldquo;Spiritual Dream Experiences&rdquo;,</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> and a constitutive pattern named &ldquo;the Experience of the Holy&rdquo;.</span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="text-justify:kashida"><span style="text-kashida:0%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><span style="font-size:10.0pt"></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-justify:kashida"><span style="text-kashida:0%"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">Conclusion:</span></span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""> The constitutive pattern of &quot;the Experience of the Holy&quot; and its 3 themes highlight the deep impact of spirituality on the experiences and recovery of illness and emphasizes the importance of addressing the spiritual needs of patients in health care settings and the role of spirituality in dealing with illness and promoting spirituality.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> &nbsp; Spirituality, Lived experience, COVID-19, Hermeneutic phenomenology. 121 128 http://knjournal.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-56-2&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Mohammadreza Changiz محمدرضا چنگیز mrchangiz1394@gmail.com 1003194753284600545 0009-0005-2404-2891 No Department of Psychology, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran Fatemeh Mohammadi Shirmahlleh فاطمه محمدی شیرمحله m_mohammadi1352@yahoo.com 1003194753284600546 1003194753284600546 Yes Department of Health Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch, Karaj, Iran Marjan Mardani-Hamoleh مرجان مردانی حموله mardanimarjan@gmail.com 1003194753284600547 1003194753284600547 No Nursing and Midwifery Care Research Center, Associate Professor of Psychiatric Nursing Department, University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Mohammadreza Seyrafi msf_3@yahoo.com 1003194753284600548 1003194753284600548 No Department of Health Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University