Weaver Andrew J, Flannelly Kevin J, Oppenheimer Julia E
The HealthCare Chaplaincy, New York, NY 10022-1505, USA.
Int J Psychiatry Med. 2003;33(2):155-61. doi: 10.2190/B0H1-38QG-7PLG-6Q4V.
In recent years, several prominent medical journals have published articles addressing the relationship between religion/spirituality and medicine, and recognizing the importance of religion in the lives of most Americans, especially in times of illness. We hypothesized that the publication of these articles reflected a trend in the biomedical literature in which greater attention is being given to the role of religion and spirituality in health-care. A correlational design was used, based on an electronic survey of all articles in MEDLINE for the years 1965 through 2000. The search terms used were: 1) religion or religious; 2) spiritual; and 3) chaplain. The number of articles per 100,000 that mentioned religion (religion or religious), spirituality, or chaplains each year was determined. Statistically significant upward trends across years were found for the rates of articles addressing religion (r = .59, p < .001) and spirituality (r = .89, p < .001) and a non-significant trend was found for chaplains (r = .31). The rising rates of articles on religion and spirituality in biomedical journals suggest a growing recognition of the need to address spiritual and religious issues in health-care.
近年来，几家著名的医学期刊发表了探讨宗教/精神信仰与医学之间关系的文章，并认识到宗教在大多数美国人生活中的重要性，尤其是在患病期间。我们假设这些文章的发表反映了生物医学文献中的一种趋势，即越来越关注宗教和精神信仰在医疗保健中的作用。我们采用了相关设计，基于对1965年至2000年MEDLINE中所有文章的电子调查。使用的检索词为：1）宗教或宗教的；2）精神的；3）牧师。确定了每年每100,000篇提及宗教（宗教或宗教的）、精神信仰或牧师的文章数量。发现涉及宗教的文章比例（r = 0.59，p < 0.001）和涉及精神信仰的文章比例（r = 0.89，p < 0.001）在各年份之间存在统计学上显著的上升趋势，而涉及牧师的文章比例呈现不显著的趋势（r = 0.31）。生物医学期刊中关于宗教和精神信仰的文章比例不断上升，这表明人们越来越认识到在医疗保健中需要解决精神和宗教问题。
