Table 4.

Measures of religiosity (lower scores = higher religiosity)

	Parkinson’s disease	Control	P value
Daily spirituality	26.8 (6.9)	23.7 (7.1)	0.20
Values index	4.8 (1.6)	4.3 (1.7)	0.34
Forgiveness	7.5 (2.2)	6.4 (2.5)	0.18
Private practices	33.3 (7.2)	26.3 (7.9)	0.050*
Coping	25.4 (6.0)	22.7 (4.1)	0.13
Support	13.6 (2.5)	12.7 (2.7)	0.32
Organized religiosity	9.3 (2.7)	8.4 (3.0)	0.37
Overall religiosity	7.1 (.9)	5.3 (1.4)	0.04*

^*p values are Bonferroni corrected.

NOTES: Daily spirituality: index of “daily spiritual experience” items, sum of Fetzer items 1–6 (Fetzer Institute 1999). Possible range is 6–36. Lower score indicates higher religiousness; Values index: index of “values–beliefs” items, sum of Fetzer items 7 and 8. Possible range is 2–8, and lower scores indicated higher religiousness; Forgiveness: index of “forgiveness” items, sum of Fetzer items 9–11. Possible range is 3–12. Lower score indicates higher religiousness; Private practices: index of “private religious practices”, sum of Fetzer items 12–16. Possible range is 5–40. Lower score indicates higher religiousness; Coping: index of “religious and spiritual coping”, sum of Fetzer 17–23. Possible range is 7–28. Lower score indicates higher reliance on religion for coping strategies; Support: index of “religious support”, sum of Fetzer 24–27. Possible range is 4–16. Lower score indicates more involvement with congregation; Organized religiosity: index of “organized religious activities”, sum of Fetzer items 34 and 35. Possible range is 2–12. Lower score indicates higher religiousness; Overall religiosity: sum of Fetzer “overall self-ranking” items 37 and 38. Possible range is 2–8. Lower score indicates higher overall religiousness.