Peripheral Facial Palsy: Does Patients’ Religiousness Matter for the Otorhinolaryngologist?

In order to deal with the suffering, a frequent strategy employed by patients is the use of religious beliefs and behaviors. Nevertheless, few studies in otorhinolaryngology have investigated this dimension. Therefore, the present study aims to investigate the role of religiousness on quality of lif...

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Главный автор: Lucchetti, Giancarlo (Автор)
Другие авторы: Rossi, Janaina De (Другой) ; Gonçalves, Juliane P. B. (Другой) ; Lucchetti, Alessandra L. Granero (Другой)
Формат: Электронный ресурс Статья
Язык:Английский
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Опубликовано: [2016]
В: Journal of religion and health
Год: 2016, Том: 55, Выпуск: 3, Страницы: 856-861
Другие ключевые слова:B Spirituality
B Anxiety
B Peripheral facial palsy
B Religion and Medicine
B Quality of life
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Итог:In order to deal with the suffering, a frequent strategy employed by patients is the use of religious beliefs and behaviors. Nevertheless, few studies in otorhinolaryngology have investigated this dimension. Therefore, the present study aims to investigate the role of religiousness on quality of life, mental health, self-esteem and appearance in 116 patients with peripheral facial palsy (PFP). A cross-sectional, single-center study was carried out between 2010 and 2012 in PFP outpatients. We assessed socio-demographic data, PFP characteristics, depression, anxiety, quality of life, self-esteem, appearance and religiosity. A linear regression (adjusted for confounders) was performed to investigate whether religiosity was associated with any outcomes. The present study found that religious attendance, but not other types of religiousness, was related to quality of life and mental health on PFP patients. In addition, ENT patients would like their doctors to ask them about their faith and religion as part of their medical care. These findings give further support to the importance of religious and spiritual beliefs on ENT patients. Otorhinolaryngologists should be aware of the positive and negative aspects of religion and be prepared to address these issues in clinical practice.
ISSN:1573-6571
Второстепенные работы:Enthalten in: Journal of religion and health
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s10943-015-0062-1