Table 2.
Factors associated with religiousness using bivariate analysis, Air Force Hospital of São Paulo-Brazil, 2007.
| Health variables | Religious attendance | Importance of religion to life | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Less than once a week | Once a week or more | P | Odds-ratio (95% CI) | Not or somewhat important | Very important | P | Odds-ratio (95% CI) | |
| Any alcohol use | 35.6% | 20.5% | 0.035∗ | 2.13 (1.04–4.35) | 36.7% | 24.3% | 0.092 | 1.80 (0.90–3.60) |
| Dementia | 20.0% | 11.0% | 0.110 | 2.03 (0.82–4.98) | 23.3% | 11.7% | 0.054 | 2.30 (0.98–5.39) |
| Presence of depression | 41.1% | 21.9% | 0.009∗ | 2.48 (1.24–4.98) | 48.3% | 23.3% | 0.001∗ | 3.07 (1.55–6.09) |
| Hospitalization in previous 6 months | 21.1% | 13.7% | 0.213 | 1.68 (0.72–3.89) | 30.0% | 10.7% | 0.001∗ | 3.58 (1.55–8.25) |
| Physical activity | 36.7% | 46.6% | 0.203 | 0.66 (0.35–1.24) | 31.7% | 46.6% | 0.061 | 0.53 (0.27–1.03) |
| Pain | 43.3% | 39.7% | 0.641 | 1.16 (0.61–2.17) | 41.7% | 41.7% | 0.991 | 0.99 (0.52–1.99) |
| Self-reported sleep problems | 55.6% | 45.2% | 0.185 | 1.51 (0.81–2.81) | 51.7% | 50.5% | 0.882 | 1.04 (0.55–1.98) |
| Smoking | 20.0% | 12.3% | 0.193 | 1.77 (0.74–4.23) | 26.7% | 10.7% | 0.008∗ | 3.04 (1.30–7.09) |
∗Statistically significant chi-square test (P < 0.05).