Spiritual Religious Coping is Associated with Quality of Life in Institutionalized Older Adults

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between spiritual/religious coping (SRCOPE) strategies and quality of life (QoL) in institutionalized older adults. This is a cross-sectional, correlational study, with a sample of 77 older adults in Brazil. The present study found long-t...

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Autores: Vitorino, Luciano Magalhaes [UNIFESP], Lucchetti, Giancarlo, Santos, Ana Eliza Oliveira [UNIFESP], Lucchetti, Alessandra L. G., Ferreira, Eric Batista, Adami, Nilce Piva [UNIFESP], Vianna, Lucila Amaral Carneiro [UNIFESP]
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da UNIFESP
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unifesp.br:11600/56195
Acceso en línea:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10943-015-0148-9
https://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/56195
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Quality of life
Religiousness
Religious coping
Spirituality
Homes for the aged
Nursing homes
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Sumario:The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between spiritual/religious coping (SRCOPE) strategies and quality of life (QoL) in institutionalized older adults. This is a cross-sectional, correlational study, with a sample of 77 older adults in Brazil. The present study found long-term care patients use religious and spiritual coping strategies to deal with their chronic health conditions. Positive SRCOPE and Total SRCOPE have positive correlations with most QoL domains from the WHOQOL-OLD and WHOQOL-BREF. On the other hand, Negative SRCOPE strategies correlated negatively with the facets of "death and dying" from the WHOQOL-OLD. These results suggest the need for an integrative approach for long-term care patients, considering the positive and negative aspects of coping.