Religious struggle: Prevalence, correlates and mental health risks in diabetic, congestive heart failure, and oncology patients

International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 179-196

  Fitchett, George ^a   Murphy, Patricia E ^a   Kim, Jo ^b   Gibbons, James L ^c   Cameron, Jacqueline R ^b   Davis, Judy A ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Evanston Northwestern Health Care ^*

^c ADVOCATE HEALTH CARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Congestive heart failure; Depression; Diabetes mellitus; Religion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANCER PATIENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; OUTPATIENT; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; RISK; SICK ROLE; SPIRITUALITY; STATISTICS;

EID: 4344704968     PISSN: 00912174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/UCJ9-DP4M-9C0X-835M     Document Type: Conference Paper

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