en عمومى General پژوهشي Research <span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b>Background: </b>The birth of premature infants is considered a crisis for their mothers, and causes a high level of anxiety and worry in them. Since spirituality plays an important role in adapting to crises and stressful situations, spiritual self-care is considered a part of self-care model. This study was conducted to investigate the effect of spiritual self-care training on the anxiety of infants admitted to respiratory NICU.</span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b>Method:</b> This experimental study with pre-test/post-test design was conducted on 64 mothers of hospitalized infants who had been divided in two intervention and intervention groups by simple random allocation method. The Spielberger state-trait anxiety inventory (STAI) was used to collect data, which later were analyzed by descriptive (table, mean, standard deviation) and inferential statistics (paired t-test, independent t-test, covariance test) at a significant level of 0.05.</span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b>Results:</b> The results of covariance test showed a significant difference between the intervention and control groups by removing the effect of pre-test (P < 0.01 and Eta = 0.43), so that 43% of changes in the intervention group could be explained by the spiritual self-care training.</span></span></span><br> <b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">Conclusion:</span></span></span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""> Spiritual self-care training reduced anxiety in mothers of hospitalized infants. Therefore, this care method can be used to discover people&#39;s capabilities in critical life situations. It can also be used as an effective and low-cost intervention in nursing care</span></span></span> Spiritual Self-Care, Anxiety, Hospitalized İnfants, Neonatal Ward 142 151 http://intjmi.com/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-547&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Somayeh Hashemzadeh 10031947532846006254 10031947532846006254 Yes Department Nursing, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Aliabad Katoul Branch, Islamic Azad University, Aliabad-e-Katoul, Iran Faezeh Khanjarian 10031947532846006255 10031947532846006255 No Pediatric Nurse, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran. Niloofar Bagheri 10031947532846006256 10031947532846006256 No MSc, Senior Pediatric nursing expert, Department of Nursing, Damavand Branch, Islamic Azad University, Damavand, Iran Mohammad Amin Nouri 10031947532846006257 10031947532846006257 No Graduated from Kermanshah University in medical surgical, Kermanshah, Iran Somaye Moayedi 10031947532846006258 10031947532846006258 No . Department of Nursing and Midwifery, School of Nursing, Bam University of Medical Sciences, Bam, Iran Golbahar Akhoundzadeh 10031947532846006259 10031947532846006259 No Department Nursing, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Aliabad Katoul Branch, Islamic Azad University, Aliabad-e-Katoul, Iran