To evaluate religion and spirituality (R/S) and spiritual/religious coping (SRC) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).
Methods
This is a study of 124 patients with T2DM, performed in a diabetes outpatient clinic of a teaching hospital in a medium-sized city in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Patients answered a socioeconomic classification questionnaire, the Duke University Religion Index (DUREL), and a validated Portuguese version of the Brief Spiritual/Religious Coping (Brief-SRCOPE) Scale.
Results
The DUREL scores showed that the studied patients presented mean high levels of organizational religious activity (4.31, SD = 1.43), non-organizational activity (4.68, SD = 1.22), as well as intrinsic religiosity (13.90, SD = 1.94). The SRC total score was 3.67 (SD = 0.36) and the positive coping scale score 3.54 (SD = 0.55); both values were considered elevated. R/S played an important role in the lives of the T2DM patients.
Conclusion
The SRC scores showed that R/S were being used in a positive way in addressing the challenges posed by this chronic disease.
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