Effects of Holy Quran Listening on Physiological Stress Response Among Muslim Patients in Intensive Care Unit

Siti Awa  Abu Bakar

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Siti Awa Abu Bakar KUIS

Keywords:

Effects, Holy Quran recitation, Stress response, Mechanically ventilated

Abstract

The aim of this study is to examine the effects of listening to Holy Quran recitation on the physiological stress response of ICU Muslim patients. Most of ICU patients need to be mechanically ventilated due to respiratory distress. There were reported to experience stress. Muslim patients and their relatives’ belief and literature reviewed provide evidences that the practices of prayer recitation among Muslims that were critically ill were not empirically researched in Malaysia. Repeated measures quasi experimental design was conducted. Fortyfour Muslim subjects whom mechanically ventilated were alternately assigned to the intervention and control group. Physiological parameters; heart rate (HR), systolic (sBP), diastolic blood pressure (dBP), mean arterial pressure (MAP), respiratory rate (RR), were measured to examine the outcome. Pretest–posttest score mean differences comparison showed no significant differences in HR, sBP, dBP, MAP, and RR when all p-values > 0.05. Over time, the intervention group experienced significantly no reduction in physiological stress response except in HR. The study revealed that Al Quran recitation not significantly effects the physiological stress except for the HR. Holy Quran effect as non-invasive intervention need to be intensively examined as it is believe to promote psycho-spiritual comfort for Muslim mechanically ventilated patients as it reduced the patients’ HR.

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