Religiousness, Health, and Depression in Older Adults from a Brazilian Military Setting
Table 3
Health factors associated with higher religiousness (logistic regression)#.
Presence of depression
Hospitalization in previous 6 months
No consumption of alcohol
Smoking
Adjusted OR (95% CI)
Adjusted OR (95% CI)
Adjusted OR (95% CI)
Adjusted OR (95% CI)
Religious Attendance
Once a week or more
0.28 (0.12–0.64)* 1.00
1.04 (0.39–2.78) 1.00
1.29 (0.19–8.45) 1.00
0.41 (0.14–1.17) 1.00
Less than once a week
Wald: 9.118,
Wald: 0.007,
Wald: 0.071,
Wald: 2.772,
Importance of religion to life
Very important
0.19 (0.08–0.44)* 1.00
0.34 (0.13–0.85)* 1.00
1.02 (0.23–4.49) 1.00
0.28 (0.10–0.77)* 1.00
Not or somewhat important
Wald: 15.210,
Wald: 5.273,
Wald: 0.001,
Wald: 6.073,
#All significant variables in the bivariate model were included for multivariate logistic model, controlled by gender, age, marital status, social support, functional status, and education.
*Statistically significant.