BACKGROUND Religion and spirituality remain important social and psychological factors
in the lives of older adults, and there is continued interest in examining the effects of religion …

Objectives: To examine the effect of religion and spirituality on social support, psychological
functioning, and physical health in medically ill hospitalized older adults. Design: Cross …

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the relationship between religiousness and mental health,
hospitalization, pain, disability and quality of life in older adults from an outpatient …

OBJECTIVE: To assess religious perceptions and activities of physicians and older patients
and to determine whether religious activities are associated with life satisfaction. DESIGN …

The purpose of this mail survey was to examine the relationship of attitudinal and behavioral
measures of spirituality to physical and mental health outcomes in a sample of elderly …

Our research explores the correlates of spiritual experiences over a 2-year period in a
sample of older adults (N= 164; mean age 81.9 years) living in a continuing care retirement …

We examined the relationship between religiosity and well elders' perceived health status
and sociopsychologic well‐being. A random sample of 380 residents of specialized housing …

A total of 268 medically ill, elderly, hospitalized patients responded to measures of religious
coping and spiritual, psychological and physical functioning at baseline and follow-up two …

This study examines the impact of religious involvement on health status and psychological
well-being using data on older adults from three national probability surveys: the Myth and …

Recent research has suggested that religion/spirituality may be linked to improved physical
and emotional health, although the patient's motivation and method of using …