Research Article

Divine Love and Deep Connections: A Long-Term Followup of Patients Surviving Cardiac Surgery

Table 1

Regression predicting love.

VariableStep  1Step  2Step  3Step  4Step  5
β (SE)β (SE)β (SE)β (SE)β (SE)

Gender.228 (.155)**.251 (.159)**.273 (.165)**.080 (.157).075 (.123)
Age.059 (.006).076 (.006).064 (.007)−.070 (.006)−.023 (.005)
Race−.057 (.300)−.056 (.297)−.072 (.303)−.020 (.268).029 (.211)
Marital status.061 (.186).068 (.184).054 (.187).001 (.165).048 (.130)

Step  1 ( , )

NYHA classification−.103 (.094)−.117 (.096)−.085 (.083)−.028 (.065)
LVEF−.185 (.006)*−.212 (.006)*−.177 (.005)*−.064 (.004)

Step  2 ( , )

Medical comorbidity−.055 (.039)−.013 (.035)−.073 (.027)
Preoperative depression−.028 (.093)−.066 (.080).005 (.063)
Preoperative optimism.093 (.170).039 (.152).011 (.120)
Preoperative hope−.049 (.175)−.084 (.154)−.050 (.121)
Perceived social support.069 (.127).042 (.115).048 (.090)

Step  3 ( , )

Prayer coping.166 (.135).076 (.106)
Public religiousness−.001 (.021)−.056 (.017)
Private religiousness−.092 (.028)−.125 (.022)
Subjective religiousness.192 (.070).040 (.056)
Religious reverence.118 (.082).024 (.065)
Secular reverence.037 (.057).040 (.045)
Positive religious coping.242 (.114)*.081 (.092)
Negative religious coping.009 (.223).006 (.175)

Step  4 ( , )

Spiritual support.711 (.063)***

Step  5 ( , )

* , ** , *** .