Does Death of a Family Member Moderate the Relationship between Religious Attendance and Depressive Symptoms? The HUNT Study, Norway
Table 2
Religious attendance and depressive symptom scores measured by HADS, stratified by stressful life event (death in immediate family over the last 12 months).
Mean
SD
95% CI
values
Post hocb
Religious attendance (%)
<0.001
A: More than 3x/month
3.47
2.92
3.32–3.63
1,366
B: 1–3x/month
3.57
2.86
3.47–3.66
3,639
C: 1–6x/last 6 months
3.20
2.78
3.14–3.22
17,308
D: Never
3.43
3.06
3.39–3.48
15,309
Stratification:
No death in immediate family
Religious attendance, Yes (%)a
3.18
2.76
3.14–3.22
<0.001
19,177
Religious attendance, No (%)
3.35
3.02
3.30–3.40
13,686
Death in immediate family
Religious attendance, Yes (%)a
3.70
3.03
3.58–3.82
<0.001
2,459
Religious attendance, No (%)
4.11
3.39
3.92–4.30
1,256
a“Yes” equals any religious attendance the last 6 months. “No” equals never attendance the last 6 months
bSignificant differences () by Tukey post hoc tests.
