Religious Beliefs and Their Relevance for Treatment Adherence in Mental Illness: A Review
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods
2.1. Eligibility Criteria
2.2. Search Strategies
2.3. Data Items
2.4. Risk of Bias
3. Results
3.1. Characteristics of Studies
3.2. Interventions and/or Outcome Measures
3.3. Outcomes and Associations
4. Discussion
4.1. Treatment Adherence in Schizophrenia
4.2. Treatment Adherence in Addiction
4.3. Treatment Adherence in Depression and Anxiety
4.4. Quality of Evidence
4.5. Limitations
5. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Mental Illness | Study | N of pts | Study Design | Tx / Exposure | Outcome | Effect |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Depression | Koenig 2015 | 132 | RCT* | religiously integrated cognitive behavioral therapy | adherence | no association |
Anxiety | Rosmarin 2010 | 125 | randomized controlled evaluation | spiritually integrated treatment | perceptions of treatment, treatment completion | positive |
Schizophrenia | Huguelet 2011 | 78 | RCT | traditional treatment and a religious and spiritual assessment | treatment compliance | no association, better attendance |
Huguelet 2006 | 100 | survey | religious beliefs | Synergy with psychiatric care | no association | |
Caqueo-Urízar A 2015 | 253 | survey | religious beliefs about causes of schizophrenia | medication attitudes | negative | |
Mohr 2012 | 276 | survey | religious coping | compatibility with psychiatric treatment | positive | |
McCann 2008 | 81 | survey | religious beliefs/activities | neuroleptic taking | no association | |
Kirov 1998 | 52 | survey | religious faith after psychosis | compliance | positive | |
Borras 2007 | 103 | survey | religious and spiritual activities | blood level of the drug | negative | |
D’Souza 2004 | 2 | case series | SACBT (spirituality augmented) | treatment collaboration/relapse rate | positive | |
Addiction | Krentzman 2013 | 364 | cohort | spirituality dimensions | AA participation | positive |
Kelly 2011 | 1726 | cohort | spirituality religiousness | AA attendance | positive | |
Arnold 2002 | 68 | survey | spirituality | expectations/perceptions | positive | |
Brown 2001 | 71 | cohort | measures of religiosity | attendance | no association | |
Stahler 2007 | 18 | RCT | Church communities | treatment retention | positive | |
Chi 2009 | 357 | cohort | 12-step/religiosity co-variate | abstinence | positive | |
Margolin 2006 | 72 | controlled study | 3-S (Spiritual Self Schema therapy) | motivation for HIV prevention | positive | |
Christo 1995 | 101 | cohort | spiritual beliefs | NA (narcotics anonymous) attendance | no association | |
Mental Illness | Foulks 1986 | 60 | cohort | patients' beliefs | compliance | no association |
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Zagożdżon, P.; Wrotkowska, M. Religious Beliefs and Their Relevance for Treatment Adherence in Mental Illness: A Review. Religions 2017, 8, 150. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel8080150
Zagożdżon P, Wrotkowska M. Religious Beliefs and Their Relevance for Treatment Adherence in Mental Illness: A Review. Religions. 2017; 8(8):150. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel8080150
Chicago/Turabian StyleZagożdżon, Paweł, and Magdalena Wrotkowska. 2017. "Religious Beliefs and Their Relevance for Treatment Adherence in Mental Illness: A Review" Religions 8, no. 8: 150. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel8080150
APA StyleZagożdżon, P., & Wrotkowska, M. (2017). Religious Beliefs and Their Relevance for Treatment Adherence in Mental Illness: A Review. Religions, 8(8), 150. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel8080150