%0 Journal Article
%T Spirituality and religiosity related to socio-demographic data of the elderly population
%A Leiner Resende Rodrigues
%A Isabella Danielle Nader
%A Ana Teresa de Melo e Silva
%A Darlene Mara dos Santos Tavares
%A Luiza Maria de Assun£¿£¿o
%A Nayara Paula Fernandes Martins Molina
%J Revista da Rede de Enfermagem do Nordeste - Rev Rene
%P 429-436
%@ 2175-6783
%D 2017
%R http://dx.doi.org/10.15253/2175-6783.2017000400002
%X Objective: 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.
%K Health of the Elderly
%K Religion
%K Spirituality
%U http://www.revistarene.ufc.br/revista/index.php/revista/article/view/2904/pdf