Influence of religiosity on medical students’ mental health

Autor: Larissa Cruvinel Leite, Larissa Vitoria Dornelas, Laura de Souza Bechara Secchin
Jazyk: portugalština
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Revista Brasileira de Educação Médica, Vol 45, Iss 2 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1981-5271
DOI: 10.1590/1981-5271v45.2-20200446.ing
Popis: Abstract: Introduction: Mental health was included as one of the top ten health indicators and studies have shown it is related to religiosity and spirituality (R/S). Objective: The aim of the present study is to evaluate whether the degree of R/S of medical students influences anxiety and depression disorders during undergraduate school. Method: This study was carried out with a convenience non-probabilistic sample, consisting of 298 students. The Duke Religiosity Index in Brazilian Portuguese (P-DUREL) was used in questionnaire form, whereas, to map depression, anxiety and stress, DASS-21 was applied. Results: It was demonstrated that the different dimensions of religiosity have no association with the students’ emotional disorders, anxiety and stress. Conclusions: It is possible to propose recommendations for future research, so that the results can be used in meta-analysis studies. Studies that did not show a significant association between the variables cannot be neglected, so that the positive and negative dimensions of the association between R/S and mental health can be investigated.
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