Religious coping and its influence on psychological distress, medication adherence, and quality of life in inflammatory bowel disease

Objective:Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is associated with elevated levels of anxiety and depression and a reduction in health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Nonadherence to treatment is also frequent in IBD and compromises outcomes. Religious coping plays a role in the adaptation to several ch...

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Main Authors: Thiago H. Freitas, Thomas N. Hyphantis, Elias Andreoulakis, João Quevedo, Hesley L. Miranda, Gilberto S. Alves, Marcellus H. Souza, Lúcia L. Braga, Kenneth I. Pargament, Joanna K. Soczynska, Roger S. McIntyre, André F. Carvalho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP) 2015-09-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462015000300006&lng=en&tlng=en