Table 2.
Summary of patients’ score on cultural and religious orientations and social support domains
| Variables and domains (full score) | Range of score | Mean score (SD) | Distribution of patients’ score (%) | ||
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| Cultural | Agree/strongly agree (1–2) | Neutral (3) | Disagree/strongly disagree (4–5) | ||
| Group orientation (5) “I seek medical treatment or take medications because my family or friends asked me to do so” |
1–5 | 2.2 (1.1) | 199 (76.5) | 6 (2.3) | 55 (21.2) |
| Higher authority (5) “I seek medical treatment or take medications only because I feel the need to follow my doctor's orders as he/she knows what is best for me” |
2–5 | 4.5 (0.6) | 4 (1.5) | 9 (3.5) | 247 (95) |
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| Religiosity | Never or ≤ once/year (1–2) | A few times in a year/month (3–4) | ≥ once/week (5–6) | ||
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| Organizational religious activity (6) “How often do you attend mosque, church, temple or other religious meetings?” |
1–6 | 3.9 (1.7) | 66 (22) | 99 (33) | 135 (45) |
| Non-organizational religious activity (6) “How often do you spend time in private religious activities such as payer, meditation or reading scriptures such as Al-Quran or Bible?” |
1–6 | 4.2 (2.0) | 87 (29) | 23 (7.7) | 190 (63.3) |
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| Intrinsic religiosity (IR) (15) | Low IR(≤5) | Medium IR(6–10) | High IR(>I0) | ||
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| “In my life, I experience the presence of the Divine eg, God” (5) “My religious beliefs are what really lie behind my whole approach to life” (5) “I try hard to carry my religion over into all other dealings in life” (5) |
3–15 | 12.2 (3.8) | 27 (9) | 50 (16.7) | 223 (74.3) |
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| Social support | Very strongly disagree to mildly disagree (1–3) | Neutral (4) | Mildly agree to very strongly agree (5–7) | ||
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| Family (7) “My family really tries to help me” (7) “I get the emotional help and support I need from my family” (7) “I can talk about my problems with my family” (7) “My family is willing to help me make decisions” (7) |
1–7 | 5.8 (1.3) | 23 (7.7) | 33 (11) | 244 (81.3) |
| Friends (7) “My friends really try to help me” (7) “I can count on my friends when things go wrong” (7) “I have friends with whom I can share my joys and sorrows” (7) “I can talk about my problems with my friends” (7) |
1–7 | 4.8 (1.5) | 69 (23) | 70 (23.3) | 161 (53.7) |
| Significant others (7) “There is a special person who is around me when I am in need” (7) “There is a special person with whom I can share my joys and sorrows” (7) “I have a special person who is a real source of comfort to me” (7) “There is a special person in my life who cares about my feelings” (7) |
1–7 | 5.7 (1.6) | 30 (10) | 28 (9.3) | 242 (80.7) |
| Total (7) | 1–7 | 5.4 (1.1) | 26 (8.7) | 56 (18.7) | 218 (72.6) |