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| Religious attitudes and practices of hospitalized medically ill older adults | | Author(s) | Harold G Koenig |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 13, no 4, April 1998 |
| Pages | pp 213-224 |
| Keywords | In-patients ; Spiritual characteristics [elderly] ; Health [elderly] ; Mental health [elderly] ; Social characteristics [elderly] ; Correlation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | This US research formed part of a study of inpatients participating in a study on depression. As part of the evaluation, information on religious affiliation, religious attendance, private religious activities, intrinsic religiosity, and religious coping was collected. Demographic, social, psychological and physical health characteristics were also collected. Correlates of religious belief and activity were examined using Pearson correlation and linear regression. Of the 542 patients evaluated, detailed information relating to religious beliefs and behaviours was collected from 455 cognitively unimpaired patients. Religious variables were consistently and independently related to race (black), lower education, higher social support, and greater life stressors. Religious attendance was associated with less medical illness burden and lower depressive symptoms, although the association weakened when other covariates were controlled. Religious practices, attitudes, and coping behaviours are prevalent among medically ill older adult inpatients, and are related to social, psychological and physical health outcomes. Implications for clinical practice are discussed. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980508002 A |
| Classmark | LF7: EX: CC: D: F: 49: 7T |
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