Religiousness is associated with lower levels of anxiety, but not depression, in medical and nursing students

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Autor(a) principal: Gonçalves,Jurema Ribeiro Luiz
Data de Publicação: 2018
Outros Autores: Jorge,Arthur Pereira, Zanetti,Guilherme Cia, Amaro,Elisângela de Assis, Tótoli,Ricardo Tonim, Lucchetti,Giancarlo
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira (Online)
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Resumo: SUMMARY OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the association between religious and spiritual beliefs, anxiety and depression in medical and nursing students. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was carried out with medical and nursing students from a Brazilian university. Students were randomly selected and filled out a questionnaire that contained sociodemographic, religious (Duke Religion Index), spirituality (Self-spirituality rating scale) and mental health - depression and anxiety (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale) data. Linear regression models were used to evaluate the association of R/E with mental health, with adjustments for sociodemographic variables. RESULTS: A total of 187 students (90.7%) were included in the study, 56.1% female, an average of 23 years old, and 69% were enrolled in the medical program. Of the students, 29.4% attended religious services once a week or more often, 10.7% had private religious activities once a day or more often, and the indexes of intrinsic religiosity and spirituality were moderate. In the linear regression, adjusted for sociodemographic variables, the religious attendance was the only factor associated with lower levels of anxiety (Beta: −0.178, p=0.026). The other dimensions of religiousness or spirituality were not associated with levels of anxiety and depression. CONCLUSIONS: The present study showed that only the religious attendance was associated with the mental health of the medical and nursing students. These results demonstrate that some students use religious support in an attempt to minimize the negative effects of their university life. This support seems to be more effective when it involves participation in religious social activities in relation to private activities.
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spelling Religiousness is associated with lower levels of anxiety, but not depression, in medical and nursing studentsAnxietyReligion and MedicineStudents, MedicalStudents, NursingSpiritualitySUMMARY OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the association between religious and spiritual beliefs, anxiety and depression in medical and nursing students. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was carried out with medical and nursing students from a Brazilian university. Students were randomly selected and filled out a questionnaire that contained sociodemographic, religious (Duke Religion Index), spirituality (Self-spirituality rating scale) and mental health - depression and anxiety (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale) data. Linear regression models were used to evaluate the association of R/E with mental health, with adjustments for sociodemographic variables. RESULTS: A total of 187 students (90.7%) were included in the study, 56.1% female, an average of 23 years old, and 69% were enrolled in the medical program. Of the students, 29.4% attended religious services once a week or more often, 10.7% had private religious activities once a day or more often, and the indexes of intrinsic religiosity and spirituality were moderate. In the linear regression, adjusted for sociodemographic variables, the religious attendance was the only factor associated with lower levels of anxiety (Beta: −0.178, p=0.026). The other dimensions of religiousness or spirituality were not associated with levels of anxiety and depression. CONCLUSIONS: The present study showed that only the religious attendance was associated with the mental health of the medical and nursing students. These results demonstrate that some students use religious support in an attempt to minimize the negative effects of their university life. This support seems to be more effective when it involves participation in religious social activities in relation to private activities.Associação Médica Brasileira2018-06-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-42302018000600537Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira v.64 n.6 2018reponame:Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira (Online)instname:Associação Médica Brasileira (AMB)instacron:AMB10.1590/1806-9282.64.06.537info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessGonçalves,Jurema Ribeiro LuizJorge,Arthur PereiraZanetti,Guilherme CiaAmaro,Elisângela de AssisTótoli,Ricardo TonimLucchetti,Giancarloeng2018-09-19T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S0104-42302018000600537Revistahttps://ramb.amb.org.br/ultimas-edicoes/#https://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.php||ramb@amb.org.br1806-92820104-4230opendoar:2018-09-19T00:00Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira (Online) - Associação Médica Brasileira (AMB)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Religiousness is associated with lower levels of anxiety, but not depression, in medical and nursing students
title Religiousness is associated with lower levels of anxiety, but not depression, in medical and nursing students
spellingShingle Religiousness is associated with lower levels of anxiety, but not depression, in medical and nursing students
Gonçalves,Jurema Ribeiro Luiz
Anxiety
Religion and Medicine
Students, Medical
Students, Nursing
Spirituality
title_short Religiousness is associated with lower levels of anxiety, but not depression, in medical and nursing students
title_full Religiousness is associated with lower levels of anxiety, but not depression, in medical and nursing students
title_fullStr Religiousness is associated with lower levels of anxiety, but not depression, in medical and nursing students
title_full_unstemmed Religiousness is associated with lower levels of anxiety, but not depression, in medical and nursing students
title_sort Religiousness is associated with lower levels of anxiety, but not depression, in medical and nursing students
author Gonçalves,Jurema Ribeiro Luiz
author_facet Gonçalves,Jurema Ribeiro Luiz
Jorge,Arthur Pereira
Zanetti,Guilherme Cia
Amaro,Elisângela de Assis
Tótoli,Ricardo Tonim
Lucchetti,Giancarlo
author_role author
author2 Jorge,Arthur Pereira
Zanetti,Guilherme Cia
Amaro,Elisângela de Assis
Tótoli,Ricardo Tonim
Lucchetti,Giancarlo
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Gonçalves,Jurema Ribeiro Luiz
Jorge,Arthur Pereira
Zanetti,Guilherme Cia
Amaro,Elisângela de Assis
Tótoli,Ricardo Tonim
Lucchetti,Giancarlo
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Anxiety
Religion and Medicine
Students, Medical
Students, Nursing
Spirituality
topic Anxiety
Religion and Medicine
Students, Medical
Students, Nursing
Spirituality
description SUMMARY OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the association between religious and spiritual beliefs, anxiety and depression in medical and nursing students. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was carried out with medical and nursing students from a Brazilian university. Students were randomly selected and filled out a questionnaire that contained sociodemographic, religious (Duke Religion Index), spirituality (Self-spirituality rating scale) and mental health - depression and anxiety (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale) data. Linear regression models were used to evaluate the association of R/E with mental health, with adjustments for sociodemographic variables. RESULTS: A total of 187 students (90.7%) were included in the study, 56.1% female, an average of 23 years old, and 69% were enrolled in the medical program. Of the students, 29.4% attended religious services once a week or more often, 10.7% had private religious activities once a day or more often, and the indexes of intrinsic religiosity and spirituality were moderate. In the linear regression, adjusted for sociodemographic variables, the religious attendance was the only factor associated with lower levels of anxiety (Beta: −0.178, p=0.026). The other dimensions of religiousness or spirituality were not associated with levels of anxiety and depression. CONCLUSIONS: The present study showed that only the religious attendance was associated with the mental health of the medical and nursing students. These results demonstrate that some students use religious support in an attempt to minimize the negative effects of their university life. This support seems to be more effective when it involves participation in religious social activities in relation to private activities.
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