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Religiosity and Spirituality: Influence on Quality of Life and Perceived Patient Self-Efficacy among Cardiac Patients and Their Spouses

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The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of spirituality, religiosity, and religious coping on quality of life and self-efficacy among couples following a first time cardiac event. There was no significant association between measures for spirituality and religiosity and couples’ ratings for quality of life and self-efficacy. Negative forms of religious coping were associated with lower levels of quality of life and decreased confidence in the patient’s ability to perform physical tasks. Spouses’ measures for quality of life, self-efficacy, spirituality, religiosity, and religious coping were associated with patients’ measures for the same study variables.

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  1. Department of Nursing, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA, 17815, USA

    Joan F. Miller

  2. Department of Exercise Science, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA, 17815, USA

    Timothy R. McConnell

  3. Department of Cardiac Rehabilitation, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA, 17821, USA

    Troy A. Klinger

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Joan F. Miller, RN, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Nursing, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania 17815 and Director of the Bloomsburg University Nursing Wellness Center. The author gives special thanks to Timothy R. McConnell, Ph.D., and Troy A. Klinger, M.S., for their research support and helpful feedback.

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Miller, J.F., McConnell, T.R. & Klinger, T.A. Religiosity and Spirituality: Influence on Quality of Life and Perceived Patient Self-Efficacy among Cardiac Patients and Their Spouses. J Relig Health 46, 299–313 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-006-9070-5

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