Religious/spiritual coping in people with chronic kidney disease undergoing hemodialysis

• Autor(a) principal: Valcanti, Carolina Costa
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Outros Autores: Chaves, Érika de Cássia Lopes, Mesquita, Ana Cláudia, Nogueira, Denismar Alves, Carvalho, Emília Campos de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://www.revistas.usp.br/reeusp/article/view/48095
• topic: Insuficiência renal crônica; Diálise renal; Espiritualidade; Religião; Cuidados de enfermagem; Insuficiencia renal crónica; Diálisis renal; Espiritualidad; Religión; Atención de enfermería; Renal insufficiency; chronic; Renal dialysis; Spirituality; Religion; Nursing care

The objective of the present study is to investigate the use of religious/spiritual coping mechanisms in patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing hemodialysis, by means of interviews using a sociodemographic questionnaire and the religious/spiritual coping scale. Data analysis was performed using descriptive statistics and multiple linear regression. A total of 123 individuals were interviewed, 79.6% of whom presented a high score for religious/spiritual coping and none of whom presented low or irrelevant scores. The variables that affected the religious/spiritual coping behavior were: gender, age group, treatment time, family income, and religious practice. In conclusion, the participants used religious/spiritual coping mechanisms as a strategy to cope with the disease, particularly women with a higher family income who attend church every week.