Department of Psychiatry, Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital, Chuncheon, Korea.
Asia Pac Psychiatry. 2013 Dec;5(4):293-300. doi: 10.1111/appy.12025. Epub 2013 Jan 22.
This study investigated the effects of religiosity and spirituality on quality of life and depression among older people.
Two hundred and seventy-four solitary elderly people aged over 65 years living in Chuncheon city, South Korea were selected. Symptoms of depression were evaluated using the Short Geriatric Depression Scale-Korean version (SGDS-K) and quality of life was measured using Geriatric Quality of Life-Dementia (GQOL-D). We used the Duke Religion Index (DUREL) to assess religiosity and spirituality.
There was a significant correlation between scales of depression (SGDS-K), quality of life (GQOL-D), and scale of religiosity/spirituality (DUREL) in older people. Depressed people had a lower score GQOL-D than non-depressed people. Among the depressed, those believing in a religion had a higher GQOL-D score than the non-religious. Multiple regression analysis revealed that religiosity and spirituality had significant effects on depression and quality of life among the elderly. Interestingly, religiosity and spirituality were not related to depression and quality of life amongst Buddhists, but were related amongst Protestants and Catholics.
Religiosity and spirituality had significant effects on depression and on quality of life among the Korean elderly. However, there are different relationships between depression and religiosity, quality of life, and religiosity based on different religions. More research is needed to elucidate these findings.
本研究旨在探讨宗教信仰和灵性对老年人生活质量和抑郁症状的影响。
在韩国春川市，选取了 274 名 65 岁以上的独居老年人。使用简短老年抑郁量表-韩文版（SGDS-K）评估抑郁症状，使用老年生活质量-痴呆量表（GQOL-D）评估生活质量。我们使用杜克宗教信仰指数（DUREL）评估宗教信仰和灵性。
老年人的抑郁症状量表（SGDS-K）、生活质量量表（GQOL-D）和宗教信仰/灵性量表（DUREL）之间存在显著相关性。抑郁人群的 GQOL-D 评分低于非抑郁人群。在抑郁人群中，信仰宗教的人比不信仰宗教的人 GQOL-D 评分更高。多元回归分析显示，宗教信仰和灵性对老年人的抑郁症状和生活质量有显著影响。有趣的是，宗教信仰和灵性与佛教徒的抑郁症状、生活质量和宗教信仰之间没有关系，但与新教徒和天主教徒有关。
宗教信仰和灵性对韩国老年人的抑郁症状和生活质量有显著影响。然而，基于不同的宗教，抑郁症状、生活质量和宗教信仰之间的关系存在差异。需要进一步的研究来阐明这些发现。
