The role of religious faith, spirituality and existential considerations among heart patients in a secular society: relation to depressive symptoms 6 months post acute coronary syndrome
| Autor: | Lynn C. Waelde, Robert Zachariae, Christina Gundgaard Pedersen, Kristian Thygesen, Søren Brøgger Christensen, Sidsel Bekke-Hansen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Acute coronary syndrome Coping (psychology) media_common.quotation_subject Denmark Existentialism Faith Surveys and Questionnaires Spirituality Adaptation Psychological medicine Humans Acute Coronary Syndrome Psychiatry health care economics and organizations Applied Psychology Depressive symptoms media_common Aged Depression Religion and Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease humanities Coronary heart disease Female Psychology Clinical psychology Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | Bekke-Hansen, S, Pedersen, C G, Thygesen, K, Christensen, S, Waelde, L & Zachariae, R 2014, ' The role of religious faith, spirituality and existential considerations among heart patients in a secular society: Relation to depressive symptoms 6 months post-acute coronary syndrome ', Journal of Health Psychology, vol. 19, no. 6, pp. 740-753 . https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105313479625 |
| ISSN: | 1461-7277 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1359105313479625 |
| Popis: | We explored the significance of religious faith/coping and spirituality and existential considerations reported during hospitalisation on depressive symptoms at 6-month follow-up and addressed patients’ perceived influence of their faith among 97 consecutive acute coronary syndrome patients (72.2% male patients; mean age, 60.6 years) in a secular society. All faith variables were found unrelated to depressive symptoms. Having unambiguous religious or spiritual faith at follow-up was associated with a perceived positive influence of this faith on quality of life and the disease itself compared to patients with ambiguous faith. These findings underscore the importance of examining degrees of faith in secular settings. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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