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Religion and functional health among the elderly
— is there a relationship and is it constant? | | Author(s) | Maureen Reindl Benjamins |
| Journal title | Journal of Aging and Health, vol 16, no 3, June 2004 |
| Pages | pp 355-374 |
| Source | http://www.sagepub.com |
| Keywords | Religion ; Church services ; Participation ; Health [elderly] ; Self care capacity ; Mobility ; Cross sectional surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Religion significantly influences a variety of health outcomes, especially among older people. Few studies have examined how the relationship may differ by age within this age group. It is possible that increasing levels of religiosity within older age groups, or other age-related differences, may strengthen the influence of religion on functional limitations. This study used the Assets and Health Dynamics Among the Oldest Old survey (AHEAD), a representative UA longitudinal data set, to estimate the effects of religious attendance and salience on functional ability. More frequent church attendance is associated with fewer functional limitations, whereas higher levels of salience are associated with more limitations. No significant age interactions were found. Attendance and salience predict the number of functional limitations in older people but in different directions. These effects tend to be stable within the older population, indicating that further age divisions may not be necessary when examining the relationship in future studies. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040909208 A |
| Classmark | TR: OWM: TMB: CC: CA: C4: 3KB: 7T |
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