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Religiousness, Health, and Depression in Older Adults from a Brazilian Military Setting

Year: 2012

Type: article

Abstract: This study aims to analyze the association between religious attendance, self-reported religiousness, depression, and several health factors in 170 older adults from a Brazilian outpatient setting. A comprehensive assessment was conducted including sociodemographic characteristics, religious attendance, self-reported religiousness, functional status, depression, pain, hospitalization, and mental status. After adjusting for sociodemographics, (a) higher self-reported religiousness was associated with lower prevalence of smoking, less depressive symptoms, and less hospitalization and (b) higher religious attendance was only associated with less depressive symptoms. Religiousness seems to play a role in depression, smoking, and hospitalization in older adults from a Brazilian outpatient setting. Self-reported religiousness was associated with more health characteristics than religious attendance.

Source: ISRN Psychiatry

DOI: 10.5402/2012/940747

Authors: Giancarlo Lucchetti, Alessandra L. G. Lucchetti, Mario F. P. Peres, Alexander Moreira-Almeida, Harold G. Koenig

Institutions: Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Duke University, Duke Medical Center

Language: English

Topic: Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology

Subfield: Health

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W2004272519