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Spirituality and religiosity related to socio-demographic data of the elderly population*

2017; UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO CEARÁ; Volume: 18; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.15253/2175-6783.2017000400002

ISSN

2175-6783

Autores

Leiner Resende Rodriguês, Isabella Danielle Nader, Ana Teresa Melo Silva, Darlene Mara dos Santos Tavares, Luiza Maria de Assunção, Nayara Paula Fernandes Martins Molina,

Tópico(s)

Workplace Spirituality and Leadership

Resumo

Objective: to describe the relationship of spirituality and religiosity with gender, age and family income of the elderly people.Methods: this is a cross-sectional study with 643 elderly people using a socio-demographic questionnaire and a brief multidimensional measure of religiosity/spirituality.A descriptive analysis, Student's t-test (sex) and Pearson correlation for age and Spearman for income (p<0.05)were performed.Results: female prevailed, age group 60|-70 years old, living with the partner, education level of 1|-5 years of study and income of a minimum wage.The female presented higher averages than the male in most of the dimensions of religiosity and spirituality.The age presented a weak positive correlation in the dimensions of organizational religiosity and global self-assessment; while income did not present a statistically significant correlation.Conclusion: female and older adults presented greater dimensions of religiosity and spirituality, while income did not present significant correlation.

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