Late-Life Depressive Symptoms, Religiousness, and Mood in the Last Week of Life
Table 4
Religious affiliation and mood in the last week of life, as reported by proxy respondents of deceased sample members of the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam between 1995 and 1998: stratified for previous depressive symptoms.
Depressed mood in last week of life (according to proxy)(b)
Sense of peace with approaching end of life (according to proxy)(b)
N
Wald
P
OR
95% CI
N
Wald
P
OR
95% CI
Previously nondepressed
Protestant(a)
57
1.4
.245
0.52
0.17–1.57
47
4.3
.039
3.52
1.07–11.58
Roman Catholic(a)
58
0.0
.885
0.93
0.32–2.65
49
3.8
.053
3.15
0.99–10.08
First-generation secularized(a)
29
0.1
.774
1.17
0.40–3.48
35
2.1
.144
2.46
0.74–8.25
Second-generation secularized
17
1
21
1
Previously depressed (CES-D ≥ 16)
Protestant(a)
15
0.5
.502
1.78
0.33–9.55
14
0.1
.718
1.47
0.18–11.72
Roman Catholic(a)
11
2.8
.095
4.67
0.77–28.47
12
1.5
.220
0.27
0.04–2.11
First-generation secularized(a)
11
0.0
.999
1.00
0.15–6.53
9
0.4
.518
0.50
0.06–4.09
Second-generation secularized
11
1
7
1
Results printed in bold are statistically significant (italics: trend).
(a)Reference group is second generation secularized (nonaffiliated respondents with nonaffiliated parents).
(b)Nonadjusted because of too low number of respondents; when adjusted as in Table 3, the results are slightly stronger but with problematic wide 95% CI’s.
