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Table 1 Demographic data and SpREUK scores of 257 subjects

From: Role of religion and spirituality in medical patients: Confirmatory results with the SpREUK questionnaire

 

%

Search Meaning (50.6 ± 25.9)

Message Disease (70.4 ± 20.9)

Trust Guidance (70.0 ± 26.5)

Support External (59.0 ± 23.9)

Support Internal (62.3 ± 24.3)

sex

 

**

**

*

**

*

female

70

54.7 ± 26.0

73.4 ± 20.3

72.9 ± 24.4

61.8 ± 23.1

64.9 ± 22.6

male

30

40.8 ± 22.9

63.4 ± 20.8

63.0 ± 30.0

52.4 ± 24.5

55.6 ± 27.1

age

 

(*)

 

**

*

*

< 30 years

3

31.8 ± 19.8

60.9 ± 24.6

40.6 ± 20.5

38.0 ± 18.1

43.0 ± 20.7

30–49 years

38

49.7 ± 26.2

70.4 ± 20.2

63.4 ± 26.9

55.3 ± 23.4

58.8 ± 23.9

50–69 years

45

54.2 ± 26.2

72.2 ± 19.6

74.7 ± 24.9

62.5 ± 22.4

65.8 ± 23.2

> 70 years

12

46.2 ± 23.6

67.7 ± 25.7

79.8 ± 23.5

63.4 ± 28.2

64.5 ± 28.0

marital status

 

*

 

*

*

 

married

65

47.2 ± 26.0

69.3 ± 21.3

70.1 ± 27.0

56.1 ± 24.6

60.5 ± 26.0

living with partner

11

52.5 ± 20.1

73.3 ± 21.3

57.1 ± 24.7

58.3 ± 16.8

63.2 ± 13.9

divorced

9

65.0 ± 26.9

75.4 ± 19.3

74.1 ± 25.8

69.9 ± 19.7

68.5 ± 24.7

alone

10

55.9 ± 29.6

71.3 ± 20.4

72.3 ± 25.8

61.6 ± 27.2

65.9 ± 23.7

widowed

5

51.4 ± 17.8

68.2 ± 19.6

84.3 ± 17.8

73.5 ± 18.2

62.5 ± 22.9

education 1

 

**

**

 

**

**

level 1

25

36.6 ± 24.9

58.6 ± 20.4

69.0 ± 26.1

55.0 ± 24.1

58.9 ± 24.6

level 2

29

44.4 ± 27.8

67.8 ± 19.5

68.9 ± 29.6

50.6 ± 25.7

53.5 ± 29.2

level 3

37

65.5 ± 24.7

76.9 ± 16.7

75.8 ± 19.8

68.2 ± 19.2

69.1 ± 15.3

other

9

65.5 ± 24.94

74.6 ± 21.6

74.2 ± 21.2

67.9 ± 19.8

75.0 ± 19.0

disease

 

**

**

**

**

**

Cancer

51

55.4 ± 24.6

73.8 ± 19.7

74.2 ± 23.4

62.3 ± 22.5

64.3 ± 22.3

Multiple Sclerosis

24

35.8 ± 22.5

59.0 ± 19.1

56.8 ± 28.0

48,0 ± 23.3

52.9 ± 25.8

Chronic diseases

16

56.5 ± 25.7

75.0 ± 19.3

69.8 ± 27.5

63.1 ± 26.1

68.6 ± 26.1

Acute diseases

7

44.7 ± 26.4

74.8 ± 27.1

76.4 ± 30.6

60.6 ± 23.9

67.6 ± 23.9

duration of disease

      

< 0.5 years

19

48.2 ± 26.1

73.3 ± 18.6

68.8 ± 27.7

58.4 ± 21.7

63.3 ± 20.2

0.5–1 years

12

53.1 ± 24.9

79.0 ± 19.7

67.9 ± 28.6

58.1 ± 20.6

58.0 ± 26.0

1–3 years

26

54.1 ± 24.4

72.5 ± 20.2

71.1 ± 23.1

60.6 ± 22.9

63.7 ± 22.9

3–5 years

12

46.8 ± 27.6

61.9 ± 19.4

66.4 ± 28.2

56.7 ± 26.1

56.7 ± 28.3

> 5 years

31

47.3 ± 26.4

70.8 ± 22.1

68.0 ± 28.1

56.7 ± 27.0

61.9 ± 26.0

confession

 

**

 

**

**

**

Christian

80

52.9 ± 25.4

71.2 ± 20.8

76.0 ± 21.3

62.2 ± 22.8

63.8 ± 24.3

Others

3

58.3 ± 18.0

70.8 ± 17.1

85.4 ± 15.7

65.7 ± 23.5

83.0 ± 16.8

None

17

38.7 ± 26.9

67.0 ± 22.2

38.2 ± 28.3

41.7 ± 22.8

50.9 ± 22.4

Spiritual attitude

 

**

**

**

**

**

R+S+

32

71.1 ± 20.2

77.9 ± 18.5

85.4 ± 15.0

75.7 ± 14.0

74.6 ± 19.9

R+S-

36

42.1 ± 21.0

68.2 ± 19.8

81.3 ± 16.6

59.1 ± 20.3

61.8 ± 22.2

R-S+

9

66.8 ± 14.7

76.7 ± 22.0

50.2 ± 15.6

63.8 ± 20.6

67.9 ± 16.7

R-S-

23

29.0 ± 17.6

61.1 ± 21.3

37.8 ± 22.6

33.3 ± 19.0

42.9 ± 23.6

  1. 1Increasing educational level (based on German school system): 1 = secondary education (Hauptschule), 2 = secondary education (junior high; Realschule), 3 = high school education (Gymnasium). Scores are significantly different (** p < 0.01; * p < 0.05; (*) 0.05 < p < 0.10; Kruskal-Wallis-Test for asymptomatic significance).
  2. Deviations of >15% from the mean were highlighted.