Prayer Attendance and General Health in the Iranian Adult Urban Population

This study was conducted to determine the relationship between prayer attendance and general health among adult urban population in Iran. A total of 470 males older than 17 years, chosen by multistage sampling, were investigated. The results showed that people who did not perform prayers compared to...

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Auteur principal: Sotodehasl, Nemat (Auteur)
Collaborateurs: Ghorbani, Raheb (Autre) ; Mahdavi-Nejad, Gholamhosein (Autre) ; Haji-Aghajani, Saeed (Autre) ; Mehdizadeh, Jamileh (Autre)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Springer Science + Business Media B. V. [2016]
Dans: Journal of religion and health
Année: 2016, Volume: 55, Numéro: 1, Pages: 110-118
RelBib Classification:BJ Islam
NCH Éthique médicale
Sujets non-standardisés:B General Health
B Iranian population
B Pray
B Prayer attendance
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Résumé:This study was conducted to determine the relationship between prayer attendance and general health among adult urban population in Iran. A total of 470 males older than 17 years, chosen by multistage sampling, were investigated. The results showed that people who did not perform prayers compared to those who said prayers on time and performed Nafilahs (supererogatory prayers) were 2.87 (OR 2.87, 95 % CI 1.23-6.70, p = 0.015) times at risk of general health problems. In conclusion, the findings show that increasing the degree of people’s belief in prayer can lead to improve general health.
ISSN:1573-6571
Contient:Enthalten in: Journal of religion and health
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s10943-014-9980-6