title: Religious beliefs or physicians' behavior: what makes a patient more prone to accept a physician to address his/her spiritual issues?
abstract: The present study aims to understand the relation between religious beliefs, physicians' behavior and patients' opinions regarding "Spirituality, religiosity and health (S/R)" issues, and what makes a patient more prone to accept a physician to address his/her spiritual issues. A cross-sectional study was carried out in outpatients from a tertiary hospital, and a path analysis was used to examine the direct and indirect relationships between the variables. For the final analysis, 300 outpatients were evaluated. Most patients would like their doctors to address S/R issues but did not feel comfortable to ask them. In contrast, they reported most doctors have never addressed S/R issues, and they believe doctors are not prepared to address these issues. The path analysis revealed that patients' previous experiences with their doctors may be as important as their religious/spiritual beliefs in proneness to accept a physician to address his/her spiritual issues.
authors: Lusíadas Medical Schools, Santos, Brazil.
authors: Luciana Burgugi
authors: LB
authors: Banin
authors: Nadielle Brandani
authors: NB
authors: Suzart
authors: Fernando Augusto Garcia
authors: FA
authors: Guimarães
authors: Alessandra L G
authors: AL
authors: Lucchetti
authors: Marcos Antonio Santos
authors: MA
authors: de Jesus
authors: Giancarlo
authors: G
authors: Lucchetti
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000523:psychology*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D012067:Religion; D029181:Spirituality