Religious involvement and mortality: A meta-analytic review

Author(s): Hoyt, W. T., Larson, D. B., Koenig, H. G., Thoresen, C.

Journal/Book: Health Psychol. 2000; 19: 750 First St NE, Washington, DC 20002-4242, USA. Amer Psychological Assoc. 211-222.

Abstract: A meta-analysis of data from 42 independent samples examining the association of a measure of religious involvement and all-cause mortality is reported. Religious involvement was significantly associated with lower mortality (odds ratio = 1.29; 95% confidence interval: 1.20-1.39), indicating that people high in religious involvement were more likely to be alive at follow-up than people lower in religious involvement. Although the strength of the religious involvement-mortality association varied as a function of several moderator variables, the association of religious involvement and mortality was robust and on the order of magnitude that has come to be expected for psychosocial factors. Conclusions did not appear to be due to publication bias.

Note: Article McCullough ME, Natl Inst Healthcare Res, 6110 Execut Blvd, Suite 908, Rockville,MD 20850 USA

Keyword(s): religion; mortality; survival; longevity; meta-analysis; FOLLOW-UP; PSYCHOSOCIAL PREDICTORS; NONDISABLED PERSONS; HEALTH PRACTICES; ALAMEDA COUNTY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; OLDER ADULTS; RISK-FACTORS; ODDS RATIOS; ATTENDANCE

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