Department of Psychological Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus; Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Ituku-Ozalla, Enugu, Nigeria.
Social Sciences Unit, School of General Studies, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, Enugu, Nigeria.
Niger J Clin Pract. 2023 May;26(5):574-580. doi: 10.4103/njcp.njcp_309_22.
Previous studies have found religion as a useful tool in coping with chronic medical conditions including HIV/AIDS. Aim: This study assessed how religiosity and religious coping are associated with quality of life (QOL) among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA).
This was a cross-sectional study of 140 HIV clinic attendees of a Nigerian tertiary health facility. Religiosity, religious coping and QOL were measured with religious orientation scale-revised (ROS-R), Brief Religious Coping (Brief RCOPE) and World Health Organization Quality of Life-Bref (WHOQOL-BREF), respectively. Correlation analysis assessed the relationship between ROS-R, Brief RCOPE and WHOQOL-BREF.
: Intrinsic religiosity (IR) scores had a moderate positive correlation with psychological health domain of QOL (r = 0.4, N = 140, and P 0.001), and a weak positive correlation with physical health domain of QOL (r = 0.2, N = 140, and P 0.05). Extrinsic religiosity (ER) scores moderately correlated positively with the psychological health domain of QOL (r = 0.03, N = 140, and P 0.002), but weakly correlated positively with the physical health domain (r = 0.2, N = 140, and P 0.02). Positive religious coping (PRC) scores moderately correlated positively with the psychological health domain (r = 0.03, N = 140, and P 0.05) and weakly correlated positively with physical health domain of QOL (r = 0.2, N = 140, and P 0.02). Extrinsic religiosity social (ERS) scores had a moderate positive correlation with the social relationships domain (r = 0.4, N = 140, P 0.001).
Increased ER, IR orientations and Positive Religious Coping appear to improve the psychological and physical health domains ofQOL QOL Therefore, religiosity should be encouraged among PLWHA to improve QOL.
先前的研究发现宗教是应对慢性疾病（包括 HIV/AIDS）的有效工具。目的：本研究评估了在 HIV/AIDS 患者（PLWHA）中，宗教信仰和宗教应对方式与生活质量（QOL）之间的关系。
这是一项在尼日利亚一家三级医疗机构的 140 名 HIV 门诊就诊者中进行的横断面研究。使用宗教取向量表修订版（ROS-R）、简要宗教应对量表（Brief RCOPE）和世界卫生组织生活质量量表简表（WHOQOL-BREF）分别测量宗教信仰、宗教应对和生活质量。相关性分析评估了 ROS-R、Brief RCOPE 和 WHOQOL-BREF 之间的关系。
内在宗教信仰（IR）得分与生活质量的心理健康领域呈中度正相关（r = 0.4，N = 140，P ＜0.001），与身体健康领域呈弱正相关（r = 0.2，N = 140，P ＜0.05）。外在宗教信仰（ER）得分与生活质量的心理健康领域呈中度正相关（r = 0.03，N = 140，P ＜0.002），与身体健康领域呈弱正相关（r = 0.2，N = 140，P ＜0.02）。积极的宗教应对（PRC）得分与心理健康领域呈中度正相关（r = 0.03，N = 140，P ＜0.05），与身体健康领域呈弱正相关（r = 0.2，N = 140，P ＜0.02）。外在宗教信仰社交（ERS）得分与社会关系领域呈中度正相关（r = 0.4，N = 140，P ＜0.001）。
增加 ER、IR 取向和积极的宗教应对似乎可以改善 QOL 的心理和身体健康领域。因此，应该鼓励 PLWHA 培养宗教信仰，以提高生活质量。
