title: Prayer Attendance and General Health in the Iranian Adult Urban Population.
abstract: This study was conducted to determine the relationship between prayer attendance and general health among adult urban population in Iran. A total of 470 males older than 17 years, chosen by multistage sampling, were investigated. The results showed that people who did not perform prayers compared to those who said prayers on time and performed Nafilahs (supererogatory prayers) were 2.87 (OR 2.87, 95 % CI 1.23-6.70, p = 0.015) times at risk of general health problems. In conclusion, the findings show that increasing the degree of people's belief in prayer can lead to improve general health.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Nursing, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran.
authors.forename: Nemat
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sotodehasl
authors.affiliation: Research Center for Social Determinants of Health, Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, 5th Km Damghan Road, Semnan, Iran. r_ghorbani@semums.ac.ir.
authors.forename: Raheb
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ghorbani
authors.affiliation: Department of Islamic Science, Faculty of Medicine, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran.
authors.forename: Gholamhosein
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mahdavi-Nejad
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran.
authors.forename: Saeed
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Haji-Aghajani
authors.affiliation: Department of English Language, Faculty of Medicine, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran.
authors.forename: Jamileh
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mehdizadeh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012067:Religion; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: General health; Iranian population; Pray; Prayer attendance