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Table 2 Age, Health Status, Religiosity, and Spirituality: Correlations with Health Rating Scores

From: Self-rated health of primary care house officers and its relationship to psychological and spiritual well-being

Variable

Mean Value (SD)

Possible Range

Spearman Correlations with Health Rating Scores

P-value

Age

28.7 (3.8)

 

0.11

NS

CESD-10

7.0 (4.7)

0 (fewest depressive symptoms) – 30 (most)

-0.30

< 0.0001

Duke Religion Index

    

   Organized Religious Activity

3.5 (1.3)

1 (never) – 6 (> once/week)

0.06

NS

   Non-organized Religious Activity

3.0 (1.8)

1 (rarely/never) – 6 (> once/day)

0.05

NS

   Intrinsic Religiosity

11.2 (3.5)

3 (low) – 15 (high)

0.05

NS

RCOPE

    

   Positive Religious Coping

15.1 (5.6)

6 (low) – 24 (high)

0.04

NS

   Negative Religious Coping

5.2 (1.8)

4 (low) – 16 (high)

-0.08

NS

   Religious Discontent

5.2 (2.3)

3 (low) – 12 (high)

-0.06

NS

   Religious Support Seeking

8.3 (3.9)

5 (low) – 20 (high)

0.11

NS

   Spiritual Support Seeking

11.8 (4.0)

4 (low) – 16 (high)

0.08

NS

FACIT-SpEx

71.5 (12.3)

0 (low) – 92 (high)

0.25

0.0001

  1. NS: Non-significant; CESD-10: Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression scale, 10-item version;
  2. FACIT-SpEx: Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Spiritual Well-being-Expanded scale