Naslov
Religiosity and severity of symptoms in Croatian patients with major depressive disorder or schizophrenia

Autori
Kos, Lana ; Šagud, Marina ; Mihaljević-Peleš, Alma ; Kutleša, Mislav ; Kovač, Tomislav ; Trkulja, Vladimir

Izvornik
Journal of nervous and mental disease (0022-3018) 207 (2019), 6; 515-522

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
Religiosity ; religious coping ; major depressive disorder ; schizophrenia

Sažetak
We examined and compared the relationship between religiosity and symptom severity in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) rated by the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale) and schizophrenia (rated by the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale). The Duke University Religion Index, the Santa Clara Strength of Religious Faith (SCSORF) questionnaire, and the Brief Religious Coping scale scores were similar between patients with MDD (n = 50) and patients with schizophrenia (n = 50). In patients with MDD, higher organizational religious activity (ORA) (estimate = 2.28, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.37-4.19 ; p = 0.020) and higher negative religious coping (estimate = 0.43, 95% CI = 0.03-0.84 ; p = 0.037) were independently associated with more severe symptoms. In patients with schizophrenia, higher ORA was associated with lower negative symptoms (estimate = -1.99, 95% CI = -3.94 to -0.03 ; p = 0.046). Higher SCSORF was associated with lower ORA in both patient subsets, and thus indirectly with milder symptoms in patients with MDD and with more severe negative symptoms in patients with schizophrenia. The relationship between religiosity and symptom severity apparently differs in patients with MDD and those with schizophrenia.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Religijske znanosti (interdisciplinarno polje), Biotehnologija u biomedicini (prirodno područje, biomedicina i zdravstvo, biotehničko područje)

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