Religious coping and its influence on psychological distress, medication adherence, and quality of life in inflammatory bowel disease

Freitas, Thiago Holanda; Hyphantis, Thomas; Andreoulakis, Elias; Quevedo, João; Miranda, Hesley Lucena Landim; Alves, Gilberto Sousa; Souza, Marcellus H.; Braga, Lúcia Libanez Bessa Campelo; Pargäment, Kenneth I.; Soczynska, Joanna K.; McIntyre, Roger S.; Carvalho, André F.

doi:10.1590/1516-4446-2014-1507

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“…In addition, the consistent results of the present study in a Malaysian population with those in China and Western population support effect of age, working situations and religiosity on QOL of cancer survivors [ 5 , 31 , 36 ].…”

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confidence: 83%

“…Age and educational level also had significant effects on three QOL domains which included physical health, psychological health and environment. Religiousness such as seeking God’s love or protection, seeking help in religious literature and prayers was positively associated with better QOL and low level of psychological distress [ 31 , 32 ]. The QOL was higher in the Buddha religion, most probably because Buddhist believe that birth, aging, illness, and death were the natural processes of life.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Determinants of quality of life among Malaysian cancer patients: a cross-sectional study

Akhtari-Zavare

Sidik

Periasamy

et al. 2018

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BackgroundCancer is a serious public health problem not only in Malaysia, also worldwide. The aim of this study was to determine the determinants of quality of life (QOL) among cancer patients in Peninsular Malaysia.MethodsA cross sectional study was conducted among 2120 cancer patients in Peninsular Malaysia, between April 2016 to January 2017. All cancer patients aged 18 years old and above, Malaysian citizens and undergoing cancer treatment at government hospitals were approached to participate in this study and requested to complete a set of validated questionnaires. Inferential statistical tests such as t-test and one-way ANOVA were used to determine the differences between demographic variables, physical effects, clinical factors, psychological effects and self-esteem with the quality of life of cancer patients. Predictor(s) of quality of life were determined by using Multivariate linear regression models.ResultA total 1620 out of 2120 cancer patients participated in this study, giving a response rate of 92%. The majority of cancer patients were female 922 (56.9%), Malays 1031 (63.6%), Muslim 1031 (63.6%), received chemotherapy treatment 1483 (91.5%). Overall, 1138 (70.2%) of the patients had depression and 1500 (92.6%) had anxiety. Statistically significant associations were found between QOL and clinical factors, physical side effects of cancer, psychological effects and self-esteem (p < 0.05). However, among socio-demographics only age, race, religion, working status were significantly associated with QOL. Based on the multivariate regression analysis, the main predictors of QOL among cancer patients in Malaysia were age, self-esteem as positive predictors, and Indian race, nausea, fatigue, hair loss, bleeding as negative predictors.ConclusionThe findings of this study provide a scientific basis to develop a comprehensive program for improving quality of life of cancer patients in Malaysia.

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Determinants of quality of life among Malaysian cancer patients: a cross-sectional study

Akhtari-Zavare

Sidik

Periasamy

et al. 2018

Health Qual Life Outcomes

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“…No statistically significant difference was found in positive RC between patients with COPD and healthy individuals, with medians [IQR] of 28 [27][28] and 28 [28-28], respectively (p = 0.08). However, negative RC scores were significantly higher in patients with COPD than in healthy individuals: 8 [7][8] and 7 , respectively (p = 0.01).…”

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Assessment of religious coping in patients with COPD

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Objective: To compare religious coping (RC) in patients with COPD and healthy individuals, as well as to determine whether RC is associated with demographic characteristics, quality of life, depression, and disease severity in the patients with COPD. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted between 2014 and 2016, involving outpatients with moderate to severe COPD seen at one of two hospitals in Fortaleza, Brazil, as well as gender- and age-matched healthy controls. The Brief RCOPE scale assessed RC in all of the participants. We also evaluated the COPD group patients regarding symptoms, quality of life, and depression, as well as submitting them to spirometry and a six-minute walk test. Results: A total of 100 patients were evaluated. The mean age was 67.3 ± 6.8 years, and 54% were men. In the COPD group, the mean positive RC score was significantly higher than was the mean negative RC score (27.17 ± 1.60 vs. 8.21 ± 2.12; p = 0.001). The mean positive RC score was significantly higher in women than in men (27.5 ± 1.1 vs. 26.8 ± 2.8; p = 0.02). Negative RC scores were significantly higher in the COPD group than in the control group (p = 0.01). Negative RC showed an inverse association with six-minute walk distance (6MWD; r = −0.3; p < 0.05) and a direct association with depressive symptoms (r = 0.2; p < 0.03). Positive RC correlated with none of the variables studied. Multiple regression analysis showed that negative RC was associated with 6MWD (coefficient = −0.009; 95% CI: −0.01 to −0.003). 6MWD explained the variance in negative RC in a linear fashion. Conclusions: Patients with COPD employ negative RC more often than do healthy individuals. Exercise capacity and depressive symptoms are associated with negative RC.

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“…A lot of possible procedures which may positively act on the PNEI system have been described and the main ones are related to the techniques aimed at stress management such as: slow breathing (i.e. 6 breaths/minute) [39,40] , contra-resistance respiratory training [41] , meditation [42] , prayer [43,44] , autogenic training [45] . Table 3 reports a few of the most validated methods and procedures which may have a role in PNEI management within longevity medicine.…”

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Psychoneuroendocrine immunology (PNEI) and longevity

Cavezzi¹,

Ambrosini²,

Valentina³

et al. 2018

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Psychoneuroendocrineimmunology (PNEI) is the science which studies the interactions between psychological, neural, endocrine and immunological processes. The concept of the PNEI system was developed in the seventies and eighties through the discoveries of the interaction between immune system and molecules with neuroendocrine activity targeting multiple organs; the interdependence between immunological, psychological and neuroendocrine mechanisms has been elucidated through several studies subsequently. PNEI system is a self-regulation network which is involved in the homeostasis of the organisms, in the maintenance of chemical-physical-neuropsychological balance in response to stimuli of various nature. The present review provides an overview of the fundamental scientific literature on PNEI and its interaction with chronic low grade cellular inflammation processes and consequently with longevity. Similarly literature data on the strict link between hormetic processes and PNEI system are discussed, with reference to resilience as a key-factor in the natural/pathologic evolution of aging.

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Religious coping and its influence on psychological distress, medication adherence, and quality of life in inflammatory bowel disease

Cited by 41 publications

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Determinants of quality of life among Malaysian cancer patients: a cross-sectional study

Determinants of quality of life among Malaysian cancer patients: a cross-sectional study

Assessment of religious coping in patients with COPD

Psychoneuroendocrine immunology (PNEI) and longevity

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