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Impact of Spiritual Symptoms and Their Interactions on Health Services and Life SatisfactionPrimary Author: David A. Katerndahl, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Article from the Annals of Family Medicine describing a study of 353 patients at 2 primary care clinics. The study used the Biopsychosociospiritual Inventory (BioPSSI) and measures of life satisfaction and health care use to determine whether spiritual symptoms were related to health outcomes. The author concluded that "this study has shown the relevance of spiritual symptoms and their interactions to understanding health outcomes."
Date Last Modified 09/01/2008
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Spirituality, Depression and Suicide in Middle AgePrimary Author: J. Michael Bostwick, Mayo Clinic Article from the Southern Medical Journal (Volume 100, Number 7) discussing how religion and spirituality offer protection to adults against depression and suicide.
Date Last Modified 07/01/2007
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Spirituality and Lifestyle: What Clinicians Need to KnowPrimary Author: Farr A. Curlin, University of Chicago Brief article from the Southern Medical Journal (Volume 99, Number 10) discussing spirituality/religion and health-related lifestyle behaviors.
Date Last Modified 10/01/2006
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Spiritual Well-Being and Depression in Patients with Heart FailurePrimary Author: David B. Bekelman, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center Article from the Journal of General Internal Medicine (volume 22) describing a study of sixty elderly patients with class II-IV heart failure. The authors sought to "identify the relationship between spiritual well-being and depression in patients with heart failure" and found that "greater spiritual well-being...was strongly associated with less depression."
Date Last Modified 02/06/2007
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Religion, Spirituality, and Depressive Symptoms in Patients with HIV/AIDSPrimary Author: Michael Yi, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati Article published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. Describes a study that sought to determine how specific dimensions of religion, spirituality, and other factors relate to depressive symptoms in a contemporary, multi-center cohort of patients with HIV/AIDS. The summary concluded that "A majority of patients with HIV reported having significant depressive symptoms. Poorer health status and perceptions, less social support, and lower spiritual well-being were related to significant depressive symptoms, while personal religiosity and having a religious affiliation was not associated when controlling for other factors. Helping to address the spiritual needs of patients in the medical or community setting may be one way to decrease depressive symptoms in patients with HIV/AIDS."
Date Last Modified 01/01/2000
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