Spiritual Intelligence, Social Support and Quality of Life Among Patients Diagnosed With Chronic Kidney Disease

Abstract

The current study is about the spiritual intelligence, social support and quality of life among patients diagnosed with chronic kidney disease. There is a gap in existing literature which is significant to be explored. Globally there are few studies about the concerned issues in the undergoing study but no such study has been done by taking variable i.e., spiritual intelligence, social support and quality of life globally in general and in Pakistan’s context particularly. This study followed quantitative research design and this study is based on Correlational research design. Purposive sampling method was used in this study. The sample comprising of 196 (n=96 Men, n=100 Women) diagnosed patients with chronic kidney disease, married and unmarried with an age ranging from 16 years to 66 years with different educational background. The data was collected from different hospitals of Islamabad and Rawalpindi including Institute of Urology and Transplantation Rawalpindi, Benazir Bhutto Hospital Rawalpindi and PIMS. The data was collected through a research questionnaires which are adapted versions and Likert point scales The spiritual intelligence self-report inventory translated by Khalid & Kausar (2006), Multidimensional scale of perceived social support translated by Zafar & Kausar (2013) and the third scale to measure quality of life World Health Organization Quality of Life scale translated by kayani & Kausar (2013) . Further collected data was analysed quantitatively. Complete research ethical protocol was followed and only consented participants were be included in the study. Data was analysed by using SPSS version 27. For parametric data, an independent sample t-test was to assess the mean difference between two groups. Along with that, additional statistical tests i.e., Pearson correlation coefficient and Moderation Analysis were applied. Results suggested that higher spiritual intelligence was directly correlated to better quality of life and social support’s domain Family support playing role of moderator between spiritual intelligence and quality of life.