Ishaq Bushra, Østby Lars, Johannessen Asbjørn
University of Oslo and MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society, Norway.
Statistics Norway, Norway.
SSM Popul Health. 2021 Jun 11;15:100843. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100843. eCollection 2021 Sep.
The aim of this study is to address the association between Muslim religiosity and health outcomes, and investigate if religious Muslims are more likely to be of disadvantage of health than non-religious Muslims. A cross-sectional study-design is used with a representative sample of Muslims in Norway including 2661 respondents in age 16 years-74 years from the "The Survey On Living Conditions Among Persons With An Immigrant Background 2016", conducted by Statistics Norway. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were conducted to investigate the relationship between Muslim religiosity and health outcomes. The health outcomes in focus are self-reported health, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, neck and back illnesses, mental health problems, sleeping disorders, consumption of alcohol, and smoking. Association between Muslim religiosity and positive health outcomes were found. Smoking and alcohol consumption were negatively associated with Muslim religiosity. The findings suggest no evidence that religious Muslims are more likely than non-religious Muslims to be of disadvantage of health, and the study do not support the premise that Islam as a barrier to health. In addition, our findings suggest that Muslim religiosity might serve as a resource either predicting better health outcomes or that Muslim religiosity may be a factor that exists if good health is evident. As our findings cannot define any cause-effect relation between Muslim religiosity and health outcomes, given the cross-sectional design of the study, we emphasize the need of further research that investigates how Muslim religiosity is associated to health.
本研究的目的是探讨穆斯林宗教虔诚度与健康结果之间的关联，并调查宗教信仰的穆斯林是否比无宗教信仰的穆斯林更易处于健康劣势。本研究采用横断面研究设计，以挪威穆斯林的代表性样本为对象，样本包括来自挪威统计局开展的“2016年移民背景人群生活状况调查”中的2661名年龄在16岁至74岁之间的受访者。进行多变量逻辑回归分析以研究穆斯林宗教虔诚度与健康结果之间的关系。重点关注的健康结果包括自我报告的健康状况、糖尿病、心血管疾病、颈部和背部疾病、心理健康问题、睡眠障碍、饮酒和吸烟情况。研究发现了穆斯林宗教虔诚度与积极健康结果之间的关联。吸烟和饮酒与穆斯林宗教虔诚度呈负相关。研究结果表明，没有证据显示宗教信仰穆斯林比无宗教信仰穆斯林更易处于健康劣势，且本研究不支持伊斯兰教是健康障碍这一前提。此外，我们的研究结果表明，穆斯林宗教虔诚度可能是一种资源，要么预示着更好的健康结果，要么是在健康状况良好时存在的一个因素。鉴于本研究的横断面设计，我们的研究结果无法确定穆斯林宗教虔诚度与健康结果之间的任何因果关系，因此我们强调需要进一步研究以调查穆斯林宗教虔诚度与健康是如何关联的。
