The role of religion and spirituality in medical patients in Germany

被引:27
作者
Büssing, A [1 ]
Ostermann, T [1 ]
Matthiessen, PF [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Witten Herdecke, Dept Med Theory & Complementary Med, Witten, Germany
关键词
questionnaires; religion and medicine; spirituality and religion; coping; chronic disease;
D O I
10.1007/s10943-005-5468-8
中图分类号
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
Using the new developed SpREUK questionnaire (version 1.0b), we examined how German patients (n = 129) with cancer, multiple sclerosis and other diseases view the impact of spirituality and religiosity (SpR) on their health and how they cope with illness. Patients with both a religious and spiritual attitude (32%) had significantly higher values in the sub-scales dealing with the search for meaningful support, and the stabilizing effects of SpR than patients without such attitudes (20%), while patients with a non-spiritual religious attitude (35%) had lower perception of the beneficial effects of their SpR and had significantly lower scores in the search for meaningful support sub-scale. Just half of the non-spiritual religious group and 42% of religious patients are convinced that finding an access to a spiritual source has a positive influence on their illness.
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页码:321 / 340
页数:20
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