Spirituality, religiousness and quality of life in elderly people

• Autor(a) principal: Costa,Fabiane Bregalda
• Data de Publicação: 2013
• Outros Autores: Terra,Newton Luiz
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Geriatrics, Gerontology and Aging (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://ggaging.com/details/137
• topic: Elderly, religion, spirituality, quality of life.

<p><b>OBJECTIVE:</b> To identify whether religiousness/spirituality are predictors of quality of life in elderly individuals.<br> <b>METHODS:</b> A cross-sectional, descriptive and analytical study in a sample of 158 elderly socially active, participating in social groups in different religious communities in Porto Alegre city.<br> <b>RESULTS:</b> Mean age was 70.6 years with a variation range between 60 and 92 years. There was a predominance of females and married marital status. Regarding the education of the studied group. There was a prevalence of higher education and, about the socioeconomic status, the majority had incomes between 1 to 4 minimum wages. When asked about the religious services assiduity, 63% attend more than once a week. The result of the religiosity/spirituality impact analysis, on the different quality of life domains, showed that this can be positively associated with most of their domains.<br> <b>CONCLUSION:</b> Religiosity and spirituality variables are predictors of quality of life in this elderly sample.</p>