Ai Amy L, Hall Daniel E
Department of Family Medicine, School of Social Work, University of Pittsburgh, 2028 Cathedral of Learning, 4200 5th Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA.
J Aging Res. 2011;2011:841061. doi: 10.4061/2011/841061. Epub 2011 Jun 15.
We examined experiencing divine love as an indicator of affective spiritual growth in a prospective cohort of 200 patients surviving cardiac surgery. These patients previously completed two-wave preoperative interviews when standardized cardiac surgery data were also collected. The information included left ventricular ejection fraction, New York Heart Association Classification, baseline health (physical and mental), optimism, hope, religiousness, prayer coping, religious/spiritual coping, and demographics. We then measured divine love at 900 days postoperatively. Hierarchical linear regression indicated the direct effect of positive religious coping on experiences of divine love, controlling for other key variables. Postoperatively perceived spiritual support was entered at the final step as an explanatory factor, which appeared to mediate the coping effect. None of the other faith factors predicted divine love. Further research regarding divine love and spiritual support may eventually guide clinical attempts to support patients' spiritual growth as an independently relevant outcome of cardiac surgery.
我们在一个由200名心脏手术幸存者组成的前瞻性队列中，将体验神圣之爱作为情感性精神成长的一个指标进行了研究。这些患者此前在进行标准化心脏手术数据收集时完成了两波术前访谈。信息包括左心室射血分数、纽约心脏协会分级、基线健康状况（身体和心理）、乐观程度、希望、宗教信仰、祈祷应对、宗教/精神应对以及人口统计学信息。然后我们在术后900天测量了神圣之爱。分层线性回归表明，在控制其他关键变量的情况下，积极的宗教应对对神圣之爱体验有直接影响。术后感知到的精神支持在最后一步作为一个解释因素纳入，它似乎介导了应对效果。其他信仰因素均未预测到神圣之爱。关于神圣之爱和精神支持的进一步研究最终可能会指导临床尝试，将支持患者的精神成长作为心脏手术一个独立相关的结果。
