ArticleJournal of general internal medicine2016
Relationship Between Spiritual Coping and Survival in Patients with HIV.
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- "Which comes first": Religious/spiritual engagement or health? Initial observations from longitudinal analyses.PloS one · 2025Article
- Intersections of Compassion, Science, and Spiritual Care in Global Health for Public Health Benefits.Journal of religion and health · 2024Article
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- Structural equation modeling of microaggressions, religious and racism-related coping, medication adherence, and viral load among Black women living with HIV.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2023Article
- Understanding the role of religious beliefs in adherence to antiretroviral therapy among Pentecostal Christians living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Structural equation model of intersectional microaggressions, discrimination, resilience, and mental health among black women with hiv.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2023Article
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- Reproducibility of the brief religious coping inventory with African athletes' sample using ordinal factor analytical approach.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Impact of Religiosity on Delirium Severity Among Critically Ill Shi'a Muslims: A Prospective Multi-Center Observational Study.Journal of religion and health · 2021Observational
- The Role of Religiousness and Spirituality in Health-related Quality of Life of Persons Living with HIV: A Latent Class Analysis.Psychology of religion and spirituality · 2020Article
- HIV-related stigma and non-adherence to antiretroviral medications among people living with HIV in a rural setting.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2020Article
- Anxiety and Avoidance in Adults and Childhood Trauma Are Associated with Negative Religious Coping.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Religion, Spirituality, and Risk of End-Stage Kidney Disease Among Adults of Low Socioeconomic Status in the Southeastern United States.Journal of health care for the poor and underserved · 2020Article
- The Relationship Between Religious and Psychospiritual Measures and an Inflammation Marker (CRP) in Older Adults Experiencing Life Event Stress.Journal of religion and health · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundStudies of spirituality in initially healthy people have shown a survival advantage, yet there are fewer research studies in the medically ill, despite the widespread use of spirituality/religiousness to cope with serious physical illness. In addition, many studies have used limited measures such as religious service attendance.
objectiveWe aimed to examine if, independent of medication adherence, the use of spirituality/religiousness to cope with HIV predicts survival over 17 years.
designThis was a longitudinal study, started in 1997. Study materials were administered semi annually.
participantsA diverse sample of 177 HIV patients initially in the mid-stage of disease (150-500 CD4-cells/mm(3); no prior AIDS-defining symptoms) participated in the study. MAIN MEASURES: Participants were administered a battery of psychosocial questionnaires and a blood draw. They completed interviews and essays to assess current stressors. Spiritual coping (overall/strategies) was rated by qualitative content analysis of interviews regarding stress and coping with HIV, and essays. KEY
resultsControlling for medical variables (baseline CD4/viral load) and demographics, Cox regression analyses showed that overall positive spiritual coping significantly predicted greater survival over 17 years (mortality HR = 0.56, p = 0.039). Findings held even after controlling for health behaviors (medication adherence, substance use) and social support. Particular spiritual coping strategies that predicted longer survival included spiritual practices (HR = 0.26, p < 0.001), spiritual reframing (HR = 0.27, p = 0.006), overcoming spiritual guilt (HR = 0.24, p < 0.001), spiritual gratitude (HR = 0.40, p = 0.002), and spiritual empowerment (HR = 0.52, p = 0.024), indicating that people using these strategies were 2-4 times more likely to survive.
conclusionsTo our knowledge this is the first study showing a prospective relationship of spiritual coping in people who are medically ill with survival over such a long period of time, and also specifically identifies several strategies of spirituality that may be beneficial.
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