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| Religion, spirituality and health in medically ill hospitalized older patients | | Author(s) | Harold G Koenig, Linda K George, Patricia Titus |
| Journal title | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 52, no 4, April 2004 |
| Pages | pp 554-562 |
| Source | http://www.americangeriatrics.org http://www.blackwellpublishing.com |
| Keywords | In-patients ; Religion ; Spiritual characteristics [elderly] ; Depression ; Informal care ; Cross sectional surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The effects of religion and spirituality on medically ill inpatients' social support, psychological functioning and physical health were examined. 838 consecutively admitted patients aged 50+ at Duke University Medical Center were interviewed. The study used a range of assessment instruments and regression models, and found that religiousness and spirituality consistently predicted greater social support, fewer depressive symptoms, better cognitive function, and greater co-operativeness. Relationships with physical health were weaker, although similar in direction. Organisational religious activity predicted better physical functioning and observer-rated health and less severe illness. Intrinsic religiosity tended to be associated with better physical functioning, and observer-rated religiosity and spirituality with less severe illness and less medical comorbidity. Patients categorising themselves as neither spiritual nor religious tended to have worse self-rated and observer-rated health and greater comorbidity. In contrast, religious television or radio was associated with worse physical functioning and greater medical comorbidity. Awareness of how religion and spirituality affects older patients may help improve health care. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040603212 A |
| Classmark | LF7: TR: EX: ENR: P6: 3KB: 7T |
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