The Use of Prayer by Coronary Artery Bypass Patients

Little is known about the use of private prayer following coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. Using information from a computerized database and responses to two questionnaires, this study gathered retrospective information from a sample of CABG patients (N = 151) about post-CABG emotional...

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VerfasserInnen: Ai, Amy L. (VerfasserIn) ; Bolling, Steven F. (VerfasserIn) ; Peterson, Christopher 1950- (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2000
In: The international journal for the psychology of religion
Jahr: 2000, Band: 10, Heft: 4, Seiten: 205-220
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Zusammenfassung:Little is known about the use of private prayer following coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. Using information from a computerized database and responses to two questionnaires, this study gathered retrospective information from a sample of CABG patients (N = 151) about post-CABG emotional health, religious activities, social support, and noncardiac chronic conditions. The majority of patients (68%) reported that they used private prayer to cope following CABG. A path model found that the use of prayer to cope was associated with better postoperative emotional health. The predictors of the use of prayer differed across patient age groups. Older patients (over age 65) were more likely to pray if religion were important to them, whereas younger patients (under age 65) were more likely to pray if they had lower incomes, better preoperative health, and more education.
ISSN:1532-7582
Enthält:Enthalten in: The international journal for the psychology of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1207/S15327582IJPR1004_01