Research Article

Religiousness, Health, and Depression in Older Adults from a Brazilian Military Setting

Table 3

Health factors associated with higher religiousness (logistic regression)#.

Presence of depressionHospitalization in previous 6 monthsNo consumption of alcoholSmoking
Adjusted OR (95% CI)Adjusted OR (95% CI)Adjusted OR (95% CI)Adjusted OR (95% CI)

Religious Attendance
Once a week or more0.28 (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 weekWald: 9.118, 𝑃 = 0 . 0 0 3 Wald: 0.007, 𝑃 = 0 . 9 3 5 Wald: 0.071, 𝑃 = 0 . 7 9 0 Wald: 2.772, 𝑃 = 0 . 0 9 6
Importance of religion to life
Very important0.19 (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 importantWald: 15.210, 𝑃 0 . 0 0 1 Wald: 5.273, 𝑃 = 0 . 0 2 2 Wald: 0.001, 𝑃 = 0 . 9 7 6 Wald: 6.073, 𝑃 = 0 . 0 1 4

#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.