The Impact of Spirituality and Religiosity on Mental Health and Quality of Life of Patients with Active Crohn’s Disease

We aim to investigate the association among religious/spiritual coping (RSC), quality of life (QOL), and mental health in patients with active Crohn’s disease (CD). This cross-sectional study included 102 patients with active CD. Religious and spiritual beliefs were common among patients, being posi...

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Authors: De Campos, Renata Jacob Daniel Salomão (Author) ; Lucchetti, Giancarlo (Author) ; Lucchetti, Alessandra Lamas Granero (Author) ; Da Rocha Ribeiro, Tarsila Campanha (Author) ; Chebli, Liliana Andrade (Author) ; Malaguti, Carla (Author) ; Gaburri, Pedro Duarte (Author) ; Pereira, Lívia Maria Neiva (Author) ; De Almeida, Juliana Garcia (Author) ; Chebli, Julio Maria Fonseca (Author) ; de Almeida, Juliana Garcia (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V. [2019-03-25]
In: Journal of religion and health
Year: 2020, Volume: 59, Issue: 3, Pages: 1273-1286
Further subjects:B Spirituality
B bowel disease
B Inflammatory
B Mental Health
B Religion and Medicine
B Crohn’s disease
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Summary:We aim to investigate the association among religious/spiritual coping (RSC), quality of life (QOL), and mental health in patients with active Crohn’s disease (CD). This cross-sectional study included 102 patients with active CD. Religious and spiritual beliefs were common among patients, being positive RSC higher than negative RSC. Negative coping was associated with mood disorders (depressive or anxiety symptoms) through the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (β = 0.260, p < 0.01) but not with QOL (Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire) (β = − 0.105, p = NS) after adjustments. Positive coping and other religious/spiritual beliefs and behaviors were not associated with either QOL or mental health. This study suggests that a negative RSC is associated with worse mental health outcomes. This may detrimentally impact adaptations to deal with CD in the active phase, although patients generally tend to use more common positive strategies. These findings may increase the awareness of health professionals while dealing with spiritual beliefs in patients with CD.
ISSN:1573-6571
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of religion and health
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s10943-019-00801-1

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