Impact of Spiritual and Religious Activity on Quality of Sleep in Hemodialysis Patients

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Background: Sleep disorders are common in hemodialysis (HD) patients. This study examined the relationship between quality of sleep (QoS) and religious/spiritual activity in HD patients. Methods: The study subjects were 861 HD patients from 14 dialysis clinics in Taiwan. QoS and religious/spiritual activity were evaluated by the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) questionnaire and the Royal Free Questionnaire respectively. Results: There was no difference in clinical parameters between the good and poor sleepers. Although total scores of religious and spiritual activity did not correlate with global PSQI score, patients who held strong ‘spiritual’ beliefs reported more problems in ‘sleep disturbances’, while those who exercised religious beliefs more strongly reported less trouble in ‘daytime dysfunction’. Conclusion: There is no significant correlation between QoS and religious/spiritual activity globally. However, the spiritual and religious activity did associate with different components of QoS.

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This study analyzed the long-term association between religious attendance and mortality to determine whether the association is explained by improvements in health practices and social connections for frequent attenders. The association between frequent attendance and mortality over 28 years for 5286 Alameda Country Study respondents was examined. Logistic regression models analyzed associations between attendance and subsequent improvements in health practices and social connections. Frequent attenders had lower mortality rates than infrequent attenders (relative hazard [RH] = 0.64;95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.53,0.77). Results were stronger for females. Health adjustments had little impact, but adjustments for social connections and health practices reduced the relationship (RH = 0.77; 95% CI = 0.64, 0.93). During follow-up, frequent attenders were more likely to stop smoking, increase exercising, increase social contacts, and stay married. Lower mortality rates for frequent religious attenders are partly explained by improved health practices, increased social contacts, and more stable marriages occurring in conjunction with attendance. The mechanisms by which these changes occur have broad intervention implications.

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ESRD patient quality of life: symptoms, spiritual beliefs, psychosocial factors, and ethnicity.

Paul L Kimmel, Seth L. Emont, John M Newmann … (2003)

Recent research suggests that patients' perceptions may be more important than objective clinical assessments in determining quality of life (QOL) for patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). We interviewed 165 hemodialysis patients from 3 sites using a QOL questionnaire that included the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) and the McGill QOL (MQOL) scale, which includes a single-item global measure of QOL (Single-Item QOL Scale [SIS]). The MQOL scale asks patients to report their most troublesome symptoms. We also initiated the use of a Support Network Scale and a Spiritual Beliefs Scale. Mean patient age was 60.9 years, 52% were men, 63% were white, and 33% were African American. Patients had a mean treatment time for ESRD of 44 months, mean hemoglobin level of 11.8 g/dL (118 g/L), mean albumin level of 3.7 g/dL (37 g/L), and mean Kt/V of 1.6. Forty-five percent of patients reported symptoms. Pain was the most common symptom (21% of patients). There was an inverse relationship between reported number of symptoms and SWLS (P < 0.01), MQOL scale score (P < 0.001), and SIS (P < 0.001). The Spiritual Beliefs Scale correlated with the MQOL scale score, SWLS (both P < 0.01), and SIS (P < 0.05). The Support Network Scale score correlated with the MQOL Existential (P = 0.01) and MQOL Support (P < 0.01) subscales. No clinical parameter correlated with any measure of QOL, spiritual beliefs, or social support. Symptoms, especially pain, along with psychosocial and spiritual factors, are important determinants of QOL of patients with ESRD. Additional studies, particularly a longitudinal trial, are needed to determine the reproducibility and utility of these QOL measures in assessing patient long-term outcome and their association with other QOL indices in larger and more diverse patient populations.

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Journal ID (publisher-id): BPU

Journal ID (nlm-ta): Blood Purif

Journal ID (doi): 10.1159/issn.0253-5068

Title: Blood Purification

Publisher: S. Karger AG

ISSN (Print): 0253-5068

ISSN (Electronic): 1421-9735

Publication date Subscription-year: 2008

Publication date (Print): May 2008

Publication date (Electronic): 28 February 2008

Volume: 26

Issue: 3

Pages: 221-225

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^aDepartment of Internal Medicine, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Panchiao, ^bDepartment of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, ^cEn Chu Kong Hospital, Sanshia, ^dTaipei City Hospital, Zhong-Xiao Branch, Taipei, ^eCathay General Hospital, Taipei, ^fTaipei City Hospital, He-Ping Branch, Taipei, ^gTaipei City Hospital, Jen-Ai Branch, Taipei, ^hJen Chi Hospital, Taipei, ⁱFareast East PolyClinic, Taipei, ^jMiao-Li Hospital, Miao-Lin, and ^kGraduate Institute of Basic Medical Science, Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan

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Publisher ID: 118845 Other ID: Blood Purif 2008;26:221–225

DOI: 10.1159/000118845

PubMed ID: 18305384

SO-VID: 3f9585f5-9dc2-403e-ad7d-40839f165fa0

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Date received : 12 September 2007

Date accepted : 30 November 2007

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