Association Between Religiosity, Depression, and Anxiety Among Moroccan Cancer Patients

Religiosity, Spirituality, Healthcare, and Aphasia Rehabilitation

“…Associating religiosity with mortality and physical health has been studied across different cultures, geographies, and sex (Hill et al, 2020;Nicholson et al, 2009;Oman et al, 2002;Seybold & Hill, 2001;Zimmer et al, 2020). One's religiosity may also be a potent variable (with mixed negative and positive associations) in diseases related to mortality, such as cancer (e.g., Almaraz et al, 2022;Elkhalloufi et al, 2022;Fradelos et al, 2018;Kugbey et al, 2020;Moorman et al, 2019;Thun e-Boyle et al, 2006;Thygesen et al, 2012;Van Ness et al, 2003) and cardiovascular disease (Brewer et al, 2022;Elhag et al, 2022;Seybold & Hill, 2001;Svensson et al, 2020). Factors associated with religiosity that may negatively affect mortality include delaying diagnosis of cancer (Moorman et al, 2019) and a reliance on an external locus of control (believing God controls health; Kinney et al, 2002), whereas the context of religious service attendance may have a positive effect on mortality (Bruce et al, 2022) Relatedly, one religious practice, fasting during Ramadan, has been shown to improve some aspects of the cardiovascular system (lipid profile, oxidative stress; Ahmed et al, 2022;Al-Shafei, 2014;Naz et al, 2022), although fasting is not recommended for all individuals due to some health concerns (Malinowski et al, 2019).…”