Religiousness affects mental health, pain and quality of life in older people in an outpatient rehabilitation setting

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 316-322

  Lucchetti, Giancarlo ^a   Lucchetti, Alessandra L Granero ^b   Badan Neto, Antonio M ^c   Peres, Patricia T ^d   Peres, Mario F P ^e   Moreira Almeida, Alexander ^f   Gomes, Cláudio ^d   Koenig, Harold G ^g  

^a Medical Spiritist Association of São Paulo   (Brazil)

^b Sao Paulo Medical Spiritist Association   (Brazil)

^c Service of Geriatrics   (Brazil)

^d Rehabilitation Service   (Brazil)

^e HOSPITAL ISRAELITA ALBERT EINSTEIN   (Brazil)

^f Federal University of Juiz   (Brazil)

^g DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Quality of life; Rehabilitation; Religion and medicine; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REHABILITATION; RELIGION; SELF REPORT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REHABILITATION; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SELF REPORT; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 79953248255     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-0784     Document Type: Article

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