Espiritualidade e religiosidade relacionadas aos dados sociodemográficos de idosos

• Published in: Rev. RENE Vol. 18; no. 4; pp. 429 - 436
• Main Authors: Leiner Resende Rodrigues, Isabella Danielle Nader, Ana Teresa de Melo e Silva, Darlene Mara dos Santos Tavares, Luiza Maria de Assunção, Nayara Paula Fernandes Martins Molina
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade Federal do Ceará 01-01-2017
• ISSN: 1517-3852; 2175-6783
• DOI: 10.15253/2175-6783.2017000400002

to describe the relationship of spirituality and religiosity with gender, age and family income of the elderly people. Methods: this is a cross-sectional study with 643 elderly people using a socio-demographic questionnaire and a brief multidimensional measure of religiosity/spirituality. A descriptive analysis, Student’s t-test (sex) and Pearson correlation for age and Spearman for income (p<0.05) were performed. Results: female prevailed, age group 60|-70 years old, living with the partner, education level of 1|-5 years of study and income of a minimum wage. The female presented higher averages than the male in most of the dimensions of religiosity and spirituality. The age presented a weak positive correlation in the dimensions of organizational religiosity and global self-assessment; while income did not present a statistically significant correlation. Conclusion: female and older adults presented greater dimensions of religiosity and spirituality, while income did not present significant correlation.