Table 1 Comparison of the sociodemographic characteristics and self-assessed measures of spirituality and religiousness of the research sample between non-spiritual and spiritual groups.
Non-spiritual (n = 48) | Spiritual (n = 60) | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Average (95%CI) | ||||
Age (year) | 62.23 (58.75–65.71) | 57.40 (54.28–60.52) | 0.028* | |
Disease duration | 15.91 (13.19–18.64) | 14.95 (12.64–17.26) | 0.653 | |
Duration of prayer/meditation (hours/week) | 0.39 (0.00–0.82) | 1.12 (0.59–1.65) | < 0.001** | |
Prevalence in % (95% CI) | p-value | |||
Female | 91.7 (81.4–97.1) | 88.3 (78.5–94.6) | 0.569 | |
Settlement type | Capital or city | 41.7 (28.5–55.8) | 35.0 (23.9–47.5) | 0.632 |
Small town | 37.5 (24.9–51.6) | 36.7 (25.3–49.3) | ||
Rural | 20.8 (11.2–33.8) | 28.3 (18.1–40.6) | ||
Education | Not completed or completed primary school | 10.4 (4.1–21.3) | 6.7 (2.3–15.1) | 0.402 |
High school | 58.3 (44.2–71.5) | 50.0 (37.6–62.4) | ||
College/university diploma | 31.3 (19.5–45.2) | 43.3 (31.4 – 55.9) | ||
Living in partnership | 64.6 (50.5–76.9) | 65.0 (52.5 – 76.1) | 0.964 | |
Smokers | 6.3 (1.8–15.7) | 5.0 (1.4 – 12.7) | 0.778 | |
Engagement in prayer/meditation | 16.67 (8.21–29.00) | 48.33 (36.02 – 60.81) | < 0.001** | |
Self-assessed level of religiousness | Not or little religious | 72.9 (59.3–83.9) | 33.3 (22.4–45.8) | < 0.001** |
Religious or very religious | 27.1 (16.1–40.7) | 66.7 (54.2–77.6) | ||
