在重复入院的医疗住院患者中,健康状况的变化和参加宗教服务的频率
Grace S Chung1, Manuel J Diaz2, Vineet Arora3
1MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
经常参加宗教服务可能不会改善健康,而是反映一个人的出席能力. 健康状况的变化反映了出席率的变化,而不是宗教信仰的变化,这表明健康影响宗教参与.
科学领域:
- 医学社会学 医学社会学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 宗教心理学的宗教心理学
背景情况:
- 以前的研究表明,频繁参加宗教服务与更好的健康结果之间存在关联.
- 这种关联可能会被误导,因为参加服务需要一定程度的身体健康.
研究的目的:
- 调查健康状况与宗教服务出席之间的因果关系.
- 测试假设,健康状况的变化导致宗教出席的平行变化,但不是自我评价的宗教性或精神性.
主要方法:
- 在一个大型城市学术医疗中心,对经历多次住院的患者进行了一项调查研究.
- 收集的数据集中在健康状况的变化,宗教服务出席率,以及随着时间的推移自我评价的宗教性和精神性.
主要成果:
- 该研究的结果证实了这一假设.
- 患者健康状况的变化与他们参加宗教服务的变化并行.
- 在健康状况和自我评价的宗教或精神之间没有观察到平行变化.
结论:
- 观察到的宗教出席与积极的健康结果之间的关联可能部分解释为健康状况影响到参加服务的能力.
- 跨界关联可能不反映宗教出席与健康之间的因果关系,而是健康对宗教参与的影响.
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