Department of Health Education and Behavioral Sciences, Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Department of Public Health, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, Pretoria, South Africa.
J Relig Health. 2023 Oct;62(5):3006-3016. doi: 10.1007/s10943-022-01640-3. Epub 2022 Aug 25.
This study aimed to investigate the association between religiousness (affiliation, nonorganizational, organizational, and intrinsic religiosity) and major depressive disorder (MDD) and depressive symptoms among older adults in a national population survey in India. In total, 72,262 people (≥ 45 years) from the cross-sectional longitudinal aging study in India 2017-2018 responded to questions on religiosity, MDD, and depressive symptoms. Results indicate that 57.0% of participants were engaged in high nonorganizational (daily prayer) religiosity, 14.0% engaged in high (> 1/week or every day) organizational religiosity (attending religious services) and 34.9% had high intrinsic religiosity. In the adjusted logistic regression analysis, high nonorganizational religiosity (daily prayer), and high intrinsic religiosity were inversely associated with MDD. Similarly, high nonorganizational religiosity and high intrinsic religiosity were inversely associated with depressive symptoms. Organizational religiosity was not significantly associated with MDD or depressive symptoms. Compared to Hindus, Christians had lower odds of MDD and Sikhs had lower odds of depressive symptoms. High religiosity was observed among older adults in India. Nonorganizational and intrinsic religiosity were inversely associated with MDD and depressive symptoms.
本研究旨在探讨印度全国人口调查中宗教信仰（隶属关系、非组织、组织和内在宗教信仰）与老年人中重度抑郁症（MDD）和抑郁症状之间的关联。在印度 2017-2018 年的横断面纵向老龄化研究中，共有 72262 人（≥45 岁）回答了关于宗教信仰、MDD 和抑郁症状的问题。结果表明，57.0%的参与者从事高度非组织化（每日祈祷）的宗教信仰，14.0%的参与者从事高度组织化（参加宗教仪式）的宗教信仰（每周或每天参加宗教服务），34.9%的参与者具有高度内在宗教信仰。在调整后的逻辑回归分析中，高度非组织化的宗教信仰（每日祈祷）和高度内在宗教信仰与 MDD 呈负相关。同样，高度非组织化的宗教信仰和高度内在宗教信仰与抑郁症状呈负相关。组织化的宗教信仰与 MDD 或抑郁症状没有显著关联。与印度教徒相比，基督徒患 MDD 的几率较低，锡克教徒患抑郁症状的几率较低。印度老年人的宗教信仰程度较高。非组织化和内在宗教信仰与 MDD 和抑郁症状呈负相关。
