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. 2006 Dec;21(Suppl 5):S5–S13. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2006.00642.x

Table 2.

Religious and Spiritual Characteristics

Religious Preference N %
Roman Catholic 65 14.4
Southern Baptist 57 12.7
Other Baptist 51 11.3
Nondenominational Christian 40 8.9
Pentecostal: Assembly of God 23 5.1
Methodist 22 4.9
Church of Christ 14 3.1
Presbyterian 13 2.9
Other protestant 13 2.9
Episcopal 11 2.4
Lutheran 9 2.0
African American Episcopal 7 1.6
Jewish 7 1.6
Muslim 5 1.1
Evangelical 3 0.7
Orthodox Church 2 0.4
Mormon 2 0.4
Undesignated 41 9.1
Other specific 14 3.1
No religious preference 51 11.3
Measure Mean SD Median Range
Duke Religion Index
 Organized religious activity 3.0 1.7 3 1 to 6
 Nonorganized religious activity 2.9 2.0 2 1 to 6
 Intrinsic religiosity 11.2 3.6 12 3 to 15
FACIT-SpEx 63.5 13.2 66 1 to 92
 Meaning/peace 21.3 7.5 22 0 to 32
 Faith 10.0 5.0 11 0 to 16
RCOPE
 Positive religious coping 17.7 6.4 18 7 to 28
 Negative religious coping 10.7 4.3 9 7 to 28

FACIT-SpEx, Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy—Spirituality-Expanded.