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Religiousness affects mental health, pain and quality of life in older people in an outpatient rehabilitation setting.

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Lucchetti, G; Lucchetti, AG; Badan-Neto, AM; Peres, PT; Peres, MFP; Moreira-Almeida, A; Gomes, C; Koenig, HG
Published in: J Rehabil Med
March 2011

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the relationship between religiousness and mental health, hospitalization, pain, disability and quality of life in older adults from an outpatient rehabilitation setting in Sao Paulo, Brazil. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. SUBJECTS/PATIENTS: A total of 110 patients aged 60 years or older were interviewed during attendance at an outpatient rehabilitation service. METHODS: Researchers administered a standardized questionnaire that assessed socio-demographic data, religiousness, self-reported quality of life, anxiety, physical activity limitation, depression, pain and cognition. Predictors were included in each model analysis, and a backward conditional method was used for variable selection using logistic regression (categorical outcomes) or linear regression (continuous outcomes). RESULTS: Thirty-one patients (28.2%) fulfilled criteria for significant depressive symptoms, 27 (24.5%) for anxiety, and 10 (9.6%) for cognitive impairment. Pain was present in 89 (80.7%) patients. Limited depressive symptoms (as assessed by the Geriatric Depression Scale), and greater self-reported quality of life were related to greater self-reported religiousness, as were scores on the Mini-Mental State Examination (less cognitive impairment), and lower ratings of pain. CONCLUSION: Religiousness is related to significantly less depressive symptoms, better quality of life, less cognitive impairment, and less perceived pain. Clinicians should consider taking a spiritual history and ensuring that spiritual needs are addressed among older patients in rehabilitation settings.

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J Rehabil Med

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EISSN

1651-2081

Publication Date

March 2011

Volume

43

Issue

4

Start / End Page

316 / 322

Location

Sweden

Related Subject Headings

  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Spirituality
  • Self Report
  • Religion and Medicine
  • Rehabilitation
  • Rehabilitation
  • Quality of Life
  • Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
  • Pain
  • Middle Aged
 

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Lucchetti, G., Lucchetti, A. G., Badan-Neto, A. M., Peres, P. T., Peres, M. F. P., Moreira-Almeida, A., … Koenig, H. G. (2011). Religiousness affects mental health, pain and quality of life in older people in an outpatient rehabilitation setting. J Rehabil Med, 43(4), 316–322. https://doi.org/10.2340/16501977-0784
Lucchetti, Giancarlo, Alessandra Granero Lucchetti, Antonio M. Badan-Neto, Patricia T. Peres, Mario F. P. Peres, Alexander Moreira-Almeida, Cláudio Gomes, and Harold G. Koenig. “Religiousness affects mental health, pain and quality of life in older people in an outpatient rehabilitation setting.J Rehabil Med 43, no. 4 (March 2011): 316–22. https://doi.org/10.2340/16501977-0784.
Lucchetti G, Lucchetti AG, Badan-Neto AM, Peres PT, Peres MFP, Moreira-Almeida A, et al. Religiousness affects mental health, pain and quality of life in older people in an outpatient rehabilitation setting. J Rehabil Med. 2011 Mar;43(4):316–22.
Lucchetti, Giancarlo, et al. “Religiousness affects mental health, pain and quality of life in older people in an outpatient rehabilitation setting.J Rehabil Med, vol. 43, no. 4, Mar. 2011, pp. 316–22. Pubmed, doi:10.2340/16501977-0784.
Lucchetti G, Lucchetti AG, Badan-Neto AM, Peres PT, Peres MFP, Moreira-Almeida A, Gomes C, Koenig HG. Religiousness affects mental health, pain and quality of life in older people in an outpatient rehabilitation setting. J Rehabil Med. 2011 Mar;43(4):316–322.

Published In

J Rehabil Med

DOI

EISSN

1651-2081

Publication Date

March 2011

Volume

43

Issue

4

Start / End Page

316 / 322

Location

Sweden

Related Subject Headings

  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Spirituality
  • Self Report
  • Religion and Medicine
  • Rehabilitation
  • Rehabilitation
  • Quality of Life
  • Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
  • Pain
  • Middle Aged