Prayer as a complementary health strategy for managing HIV-related symptoms among ethnically diverse patients

Holist Nurs Pract. 2006 Mar-Apr;20(2):65-72. doi: 10.1097/00004650-200603000-00006.

Abstract

Data were analyzed from an ethnically diverse convenience sample comprising 1071 adults participating in a multisite study. Older African Americans, Hispanics, and females were more likely to use prayer as a complementary health strategy for HIV-related anxiety, depression, fatigue, and nausea. Implications for future studies are discussed.

Publication types

  • Multicenter Study

MeSH terms

  • Adaptation, Psychological
  • Adult
  • Anxiety / etiology
  • Anxiety / psychology
  • Attitude to Health / ethnology*
  • Black or African American / statistics & numerical data
  • Depression / etiology
  • Depression / psychology
  • Faith Healing / psychology*
  • Fatigue / etiology
  • Fatigue / psychology
  • Female
  • HIV Infections / complications
  • HIV Infections / psychology*
  • Hispanic or Latino / statistics & numerical data
  • Holistic Health*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Nausea / etiology
  • Nausea / psychology
  • Norway
  • Patient Acceptance of Health Care / ethnology*
  • Patient Acceptance of Health Care / statistics & numerical data
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Taiwan
  • United States