Religion, Spirituality, and Health Status in Geriatric Outpatients

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Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics of Study Participants (N = 277)

Table 2.

Predictors of Self-Reported Good Health Status (N = 277)

Factor*	Unadjusted OR (95% CI)	Adjusted OR (95% CI)
OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval; GDS = Geriatric Depression Scale; SF36-PFI = Physical Functioning Index from SF-36; NORC = National Opinion Research Center; SIWB = Spirituality Index of Well-Being.
* Referent factors: age-1 year younger; female, nonwhite; college graduate; GDS score of 0–9; PFI-index of 1 less; EuroQol-score of 0.1 less; SIWB-score of 1 less.
† P = .01.
‡ P = NS.
§ P <.01.
¶ P <.05.
Age	0.94 (0.89–0.99)^†
Male	0.72 (0.41–1.25)^‡
White race	2.79 (1.51–5.17)^§	3.32 (1.33–8.30)^¶
Grade school	0.10 (0.02–0.49)^¶
Some high school	0.28 (0.06–1.44)^‡
High school graduate	0.24 (0.05–1.14)^‡
Technical/business school	0.29 (0.06–1.43)^‡
Some college	0.31 (0.06–1.49)^‡
Not depressed (GDS)	32.4 (4.03–261)^§
Physical functioning (SF36-PFI)	1.04 (1.03–1.05)^§	1.03 (1.01–1.04)^§
Quality of life (EuroQol)	1.69 (1.41–2.01)^†	1.36 (1.09–1.70)^†
Religiosity (NORC)	0.93 (0.85–1.02)^‡
Spirituality (SIWB)	1.15 (1.10–1.21)^§	1.09 (1.02–1.16)^†