ArticleJournal of religion and health2018
The Relationship Between Religious and Psychospiritual Measures and an Inflammation Marker (CRP) in Older Adults Experiencing Life Event Stress.
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- Frequency of Private Prayer Predicts Survival Over 6 Years in a Nationwide U.S. Sample of Individuals with a Chronic Illness.Journal of religion and health · 2024Article
- Multidimensional Religiousness and Spirituality Are Associated With Lower Interleukin-6 and C-Reactive Protein at Midlife: Findings From the Midlife in the United States Study.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2024Article
- Risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus in catholic priests compared with general public.Acta diabetologica · 2023Article
- Praying for People You Know Predicts Survival over 17 Years Among People Living with HIV in the U.S.Journal of religion and health · 2022Article
- "Like a wake-up call for humankind": Views, challenges, and coping strategies related to public health measures during the first COVID-19 lockdown in Thailand.PLOS global public health · 2022Article
- Social support through religion and psychological well-being: COVID-19 and coping strategies in Indonesia.Journal of religion and health · 2021Article
- Inflammation mediates the effect of discrimination, religiosity, and friendship network on expression of theSSM - population health · 2019Article
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Abstract
Inflammation, often measured by C-reactive protein (CRP), is thought to be related to a number of debilitating illnesses as we age, including cardiovascular disease, cancer and diabetes. Stress has also been implicated in these processes. This study examines potential protective effects of spirituality and religion in older adults who have experienced stressful life events. As part of the nationwide Landmark Study of Spirituality and Health, a subsample of 643 middle-aged and older adults (age ≥ 50) who were at or above the median in number of life stressors (≥ 2) was included in this analysis. Psychospiritual and religious (PS/R) variables included: religious service attendance, prayer, religious meaning, religious hope, general meaning, general hope and sense of peace. Control variables included: age, gender, education, BMI, smoking, alcohol use, social support. Only church attendance predicted significantly lower CRP after controlling for covariates, even above the other PS/R variables (standardized β = - 0.14, t = - 3.23 p = 0.001). Those with frequent religious service attendance were 38% less likely to have clinically elevated CRP than those who attend rarely or never. Religious service attendance may confer protection in older adults experiencing stressful events as it was significantly associated with lower CRP, an inflammatory marker associated with illness.
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