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Religious/spiritual coping in people with chronic kidney disease undergoing hemodialysis
Fecha
2013-08-02Registro en:
REVISTA DA ESCOLA DE ENFERMAGEM DA USP, CERQUERA CESAR, v. 46, n. 4, supl., Part 1-2, pp. 837-843, AUG, 2012
0080-6234
Autor
Valcanti, Carolina Costa
Lopes Chaves, Erika de Cassia
Mesquita, Ana Claudia
Nogueira, Denismar Alves
de Carvalho, Emilia Campos
Institución
Resumen
The objective of the present study is to investigate the use of religious/spiritual coping mechanisms in patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing hemodialysis, by means of interviews using a sociodemographic questionnaire and the religious/spiritual coping scale. Data analysis was performed using descriptive statistics and multiple linear regression. A total of 123 individuals were interviewed, 79.6% of whom presented a high score for religious/spiritual coping and none of whom presented low or irrelevant scores. The variables that affected the religious/spiritual coping behavior were: gender, age group, treatment time, family income, and religious practice. In conclusion, the participants used religious/spiritual coping mechanisms as a strategy to cope with the disease, particularly women with a higher family income who attend church every week.