Differences in religiosity among cognitively intact, mildly cognitively impaired, and mildly demented elderly, and its possible relationship with depressive mood
| Autor: | Tsolaki Magda, Gialaouzidis Moses, Tsatali Marianna, Minopoulou Despoina |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Depressive mood
Male Religiosity 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Cognition mental disorders medicine Dementia Humans In patient 030212 general & internal medicine Cognitive skill General Nursing Depression (differential diagnoses) Aged business.industry Depression Middle Aged medicine.disease Religion Affect Etiology Female Cognitively impaired business Cognition Disorders 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Applied nursing research : ANR. 43 |
| ISSN: | 1532-8201 |
| Popis: | Introduction According to literature, religious attitudes can enhance cognitive functioning in elders, because it gives the sense of purpose in life. Therefore, due to the controversy among studies, it is of great importance to identify whether religiosity levels are greater in cognitively intact elders compared to participants with MCI as well as in patients with mild dementia irrespective etiology. Objective This study aims to examine possible differences with regards to religiosity levels between controls, MCI and patients with mild dementia. Methodology Religiosity was measured using the Systems of Belief Inventory (SBI-15R, Holland, et al., 1998), which was standardized in Greek population. Results According to the ANOVA test, significant main effect was found for group by means of SBI-15R score F(2, 400) = 5.624, p = .004, η2 = .027. Post-hoc comparisons showed that MCI participants had significantly higher total religiosity scores (M = 35.48, SD = 9.67) compared to the healthy controls (M = 31.73, SD = 4.11), p = .002. Additionally, patients with mild dementia had also increased religiosity scores (M = 35.13, SD = 9.09) compared to controls (M = 31.73, SD = 4.11), p = .010. Additionally, Pearson correlation showed significant relationship between GDS with SBI-15R score (r = −.221 p = .023) and Religious beliefs & practices subscale (r = −.260 p = .007) in patients with mild dementia. Conclusion Results suggested that MCI participants as well as patients with mild dementia demonstrated higher religiosity levels compared to the healthy controls. Moreover, the total religiosity levels were related with depressive symptomatology only in patients with mild dementia unlike to the other two groups. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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