# Spiritual rehabilitation of affected people after natural disasters: a protocol for a systematic review

## TL;DR

This study aims to identify factors that influence spiritual recovery in people affected by natural disasters through a systematic review.

## Contribution

The novelty lies in systematically reviewing factors affecting spiritual rehabilitation after natural disasters, which is under-researched.

## Key findings

- Factors influencing spiritual rehabilitation after disasters will be identified through a systematic review.
- The study uses PRISMA guidelines and thematic analysis to extract relevant concepts.
- Findings can help improve spiritual rehabilitation strategies for disaster-affected populations.

## Abstract

Knowledge about the spiritual rehabilitation of affected people after disasters is scare. The objective of the present study is to identify the factors affecting the spiritual rehabilitation of affected people after natural disasters employing a systematic review study.

The protocol of this review has been registered in the International Prospective Register of Systematic Review (PROSPERO) with the code CRD42021228552. Using MEDLIN (PubMed), Web of Science, Google Scholar, Embase, ProQuest, Scopus and ISC database as well as studies related to the research topic till the end of 2022. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines was used to find articles related to the research objective. Thematic content analysis then was used for concepts extraction.

This systematic review identifies factors affecting the spiritual rehabilitation of affected people after natural disasters.

Both systematic review as well as qualitative study are essential in order to explore spiritual rehabilitation of affected people after natural disasters, while the current study was employed systematic review. It is expected that planners and policy-makers can use the extracted factors for improving the spiritual rehabilitation of people affected by natural disasters.