Assessing the influence of prayer on mortality rate and severity of ?patients general condition

Assessing the influence of prayer on mortality rate and severity of ?patients general condition in critically ill patients hospitalized in intensive unit of Baqiyatallah ?Azam Hospital

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT138901232996N3

Enrollment

Registered

2010-05-03

Start date

2010-04-09

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2018-02-22

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Conditions

Condition 1: COPD. Condition 2: CHF. Chronic lower respiratory diseases Congestive heart failure

Interventions

Intervention 1: Prayer. Intervention 2: Doing nothing.

Treatment - Other

Prayer

Doing nothing

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

16 Years to 65 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria: 1) GCS=15 2) patients having COPD or CHF 3) Giving consent Exclusion criteria: 1) patients undergoing surgery 2) Psychological problems 3)Those using psychotropic drugs 4) Those not giving consent 5) patients in coma 6) patients having memory or speach problems

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria:

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Severity of disease. Timepoint: Everyday. Method of measurement: with sofa and apache score.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Mortality rate. Timepoint: At the time of discharge from ICU. Method of measurement: Direct observatoin.	—

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactDr Minoo Asadzandy

?Baqiyatallah University

KEIVANTAGHIZADEH@YAHOO.COM+98 21 81261

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026