Impact of Religious Activity on Depression and Quality of Life of Chronic Peritoneal Dialysis Patients in Taiwan

臺灣長期腹膜透析病人之宗教活動對其憂鬱程度及生活品質的影響

高芷華(Tze-Wah Kao) ； 蔡東銘(Dong-Ming Tsai) ； 吳寬墩(Kwan-Dun Wu) ； 夏清智(Ching-Jyh Shiah) ； 謝博生(Bor-Shen Hsieh) ； 陳萬裕(Wan-Yu Chen)

《Journal of the Formosan Medical Association》 102卷2期 (2003/02) Pp. 127-130

https://doi.org/10.29828/JFMA.200302.0013

並列摘要

Background and Purpose: Few studies have reported the impact of psychosocial aspects on quality of life (QOL) in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients. People in Taiwan enjoy freedom of religious beliefs. We evaluated the possible role
of religious activity on depression and QOL in PD patients.
Methods: Eighty six patients (29 males, 57 females; mean age, 48.3 years) receiving regular PD at National Taiwan University Hospital or Taipei Municipal Jen-Ai Hospital were asked to complete the 10-Question Survey assessing religious activity, the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) rating severity of depression, and the 36-item Short Form Health Survey Questionnaire (Taiwan Standard Version 1.0) measuring QOL. Patients were categorized into 4 groups according to their religious status, namely: no religious faith; and low , medium, and high religious activity.
Results: For patients professing a religious faith, lower religious activity was correlated with lower QOL and higher BDI scores. These findings persisted after adjusting for possible confounding roles of gender, age, marital status, education, social activity, time on dialysis, and number of comorbid conditions. For patients having no religious faith, QOL as well as BDI scores were comparable with those of patients having high religious activity.
Conclusions: These results suggest that there may be a benefit to a moderate level of religious activity in chronic PD patients Taiwan, and that such activity is associated with higher QOL and lower BDI scores.

並列關鍵字

Religion ； depression, Quality of life ； Peritoneal dialysis