Religious and nonreligious coping in older adults experiencing chronic pain

Dunn, Karen S.; Horgas, Ann L.

doi:10.1016/s1524-9042(03)00070-5

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“…41 Prayer is a common coping strategy among elderly individuals with persistent pain. [42][43][44] Several themes focus on how prayer is used for Independent models were run for the total scale and for the depression (HAD-D) and anxiety (HAD-A) subscales. Odd ratio (OR) and 95% CI are displayed.…”

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Can Faith Protect From Emotional Distress After Stroke?

Giaquinto

Spiridigliozzi

Caracciolo

2007

Stroke

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Background and Purpose-Emotional distress is common in the aftermath of stroke and can impact negatively on the outcome. The study was aimed at evaluating whether religious beliefs can protect from emotional distress. Methods-Data were collected from 132 consecutive inpatients who were hospitalized for stroke rehabilitation and met the research requirements. At admission all study participants received a semi-structured interview on religious beliefs (Royal Free Interview for religious and spiritual beliefs) and were assessed on their mood with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. The relationship between religious beliefs and mood was explored, adjusting for possible confounders. Results-Subjects with over-threshold Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale scores had significantly lower Royal FreeInterview scores (odds ratio, 0.95; CI, 92 to 98). The direction and magnitude of the association did not change after adjusting for possible confounders (odds ratio, 0.95; CI, 91 to 98). The same pattern was observed when analyzing separately Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale anxiety and depression subscales. The other significant variable was functional dependence. Conclusions-The strength of religious beliefs influences the ability to cope after a stroke event, with stronger religious beliefs acting as a possible protective factor against emotional distress. (Stroke. 2007;38:993-997.)Key Words: rehabilitation Ⅲ stroke E motional distress is a relatively frequent complication after stroke. In particular, poststroke depression has been the topic of many studies. The pooled estimate is 33% (95% CI, 29% to 36%). Differences in the case mix, inclusion criteria, and methods of assessment can make results different across studies. 1,2 A recent Italian study found poststroke depression in 36% of stroke survivors. 3 The small population size which is usual in this strand of literature does not allow reliable models and only stroke severity is associated with depression. 2,4,5 However, female gender and previous cerebrovascular or depressive episodes, but not site, were also associated variables. 3 According to the Swedish national quality assessment register Risk-Stroke, antidepressant medication is used by 22.5% of men and 28.1% of women who experienced a stroke. 6 Poststroke depression negatively affects outcome either during hospitalization or after discharge. 7,8,9 Therefore, this issue is important in rehabilitation and deserves a deeper insight. So far, physical variables as well as health history were considered in the literature, whereas faith has never been studied. Faith is an overall concept. Spirituality and religiosity are more focused concepts, but they are not synonymous. Spirituality is concerned with the transcendent with addressing ultimate questions about life's meaning, assuming that there is more than what can be seen or understood. 10 The concept is generally taken to mean believing, valuing, or being devoted to some high power outside the corporeal world. By contrast, religiosity involves a doct...

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Can Faith Protect From Emotional Distress After Stroke?

Giaquinto

Spiridigliozzi

Caracciolo

2007

Stroke

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“…Religious struggle (as assessed by negative religious coping) has been associated with higher alcohol use in a community sample (Drerup et al, 2011). Gender differences in religious coping and health have been reported in college students, in which a negative relationship between religious coping and drinking was more pronounced among women (Daugherty & McLarty, 2003), and older women and those of a racial/ethnic minority background reported using religious coping to manage chronic pain to a greater degree than did older White men (Dunn & Horgas, 2004).…”

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Gender Differences in the Roles of Religion and Locus of Control on Alcohol Use and Smoking Among African Americans

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Roth

Huang

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J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs

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ABSTRACT. Objective: Spiritual health locus of control reflects a person's beliefs about the role of a higher power in one's health and can take an active or a passive perspective. The purpose of this study was to examine the moderating role of active and passive spiritual health locus of control beliefs on select health risk behaviors-alcohol use and smoking-in a national sample of African Americans. Method: A national U.S. probability sample of study participants (N = 2,370; 906 men; 1,464 women) completed a telephone survey assessing religious involvement, active and passive spiritual health locus of control beliefs, and alcohol consumption and smoking status. Because of previous research suggesting gender-specific associations among these variables, moderation analyses were conducted separately for men and women. Results: For women, higher religious behaviors were associated with less alcohol use, and this effect was more pronounced among those high in active spiritual health locus of control. For men, the combination of lower religious beliefs and higher passive spiritual health locus of control was associated with more alcohol consumption and more days of consuming five or more alcoholic drinks. No moderation effects were found for smoking. Conclusions: This study identified unique patterns of religious involvement and spiritual health locus of control beliefs that are associated with alcohol use, including heavy drinking, among African Americans. These findings have implications for pastoral counseling and other faith-based approaches for addressing heavy drinking in African Americans. (J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs, 76, 482-492, 2015)

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“…Older women also reported using diversion and exercise significantly more often than did older men. 43 A study by Wachholtz and Pargament (2005) randomly assigned 84 college students to one of three groups, relaxation, secular meditation, and spiritual meditation. Participants filled out psychological and spiritual assessments prior to learning their technique.…”

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Spirituality and religion in pain and pain management

Dedeli

Kaptan

2013

Health Psych Res

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Pain relief is a management problem for many patients, their families, and the medical professionals caring for them. Although everyone experiences pain to some degree, responses to it vary from one person to another. Recognizing and specifying someone else's pain is clinically a well know challenge. Research on the biology and neurobiology of pain has given us a relationship between spirituality and pain. There is growing recognition that persistent pain is a complex and multidimensional experience stemming from the interrelations among biological, psychological, social, and spiritual factors. Patients with pain use a number of cognitive and behavioral strategies to cope with their pain, including religious/spiritual factors, such as prayers, and seeking spiritual support to manage their pain. This article provides an overview of the complex phenomenon of pain, with a focus on spiritual and religious issues in pain management.

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Religious and nonreligious coping in older adults experiencing chronic pain

Cited by 86 publications

References 30 publications

Can Faith Protect From Emotional Distress After Stroke?

Can Faith Protect From Emotional Distress After Stroke?

Gender Differences in the Roles of Religion and Locus of Control on Alcohol Use and Smoking Among African Americans

Spirituality and religion in pain and pain management

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