Religious attitudes and practices of hospitalized medically ill older adults

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 213-224

  Koenig, Harold G ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Depression; Health; Medical illness; Religion; Religious coping; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CARDIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGY; PREVALENCE; RELIGION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031899997     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199804)13:4<213::AID-GPS755>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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