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

Table 1

Sociodemographic, health, and religious variables of the study sample.

Patients’ baseline characteristics
Age (±SD)	75.75 (±8.06) years
Gender
Female	112 (65.9%)
Male	58 (34.1%)
Number of medical diseases	9.07 (±3.24)
Years of education (±SD)	8.1 (±2.12) years
Activities of daily living
Totally dependent	13 (7.6%)
Partially dependent	5 (2.9%)
Independent	152 (89.4%)
Alcohol use
Occasionally	36 (21.2%)
Alcoholic	12 (7.1%)
Dementia	33 (19.4%)
Depression	56 (32.9%)
Hospitalization in previous 6 months	33 (19.4%)
Physical activity	67 (39.4%)
Presence of Pain	70 (41.7%)
Self-reported sleep problems	90 (52.9%)
Smoking	30 (17.6%)
Religious attendance
Never	75 (46%)
Less than once a week	15 (9.2%)
Once a week or more	73 (44.8%)
Importance of religion in life
Not important	33 (20.2%)
Somewhat important	27 (16.6%)
Very important	103 (60.3%)

SD: standard deviation.