Meador K G, Koenig H G, Hughes D C, Blazer D G, Turnbull J, George L K
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232.
Hosp Community Psychiatry. 1992 Dec;43(12):1204-8. doi: 10.1176/ps.43.12.1204.
Data from the Duke Epidemiologic Catchment Area survey were used to examine the relationship between religious affiliation and major depression among 2,850 adults in the community. Religious affiliations were categorized into six groups: mainline Protestant (27 percent), conservative Protestant (59 percent), Pentecostal (4.2 percent), Catholic (2.4 percent), other religions (2.6 percent), and no affiliation (4.4 percent). The six-month prevalence of major depression among Pentecostals was 5.4 percent, compared with 1.7 percent for the entire sample. Even after psychosocial factors such as gender, age, race, socioeconomic status, negative life events, and social support were controlled for, the likelihood of major depression among Pentecostals was three times greater than among persons with other affiliations. Carefully designed studies are needed to understand the complex interactions of religion and mental health.
来自杜克流行病学集水区调查的数据被用于研究社区中2850名成年人的宗教归属与重度抑郁症之间的关系。宗教归属被分为六组：主流新教（27%）、保守新教（59%）、五旬节派（4.2%）、天主教（2.4%）、其他宗教（2.6%）和无宗教归属（4.4%）。五旬节派中重度抑郁症的六个月患病率为5.4%，而整个样本的患病率为1.7%。即使在控制了性别、年龄、种族、社会经济地位、负面生活事件和社会支持等心理社会因素之后，五旬节派中患重度抑郁症的可能性仍比其他宗教归属的人高出两倍。需要精心设计的研究来理解宗教与心理健康之间的复杂相互作用。
