Spirituality and Religiosity and Its Role in Health and Diseases.
Religiosity is a factor involved in the management of health and diseases/patient longevity. This review article uses comprehensive, evidence-based studies to evaluate the nature of religiosity that can be used in clinical studies, thus avoiding contradictory reports which arise from misinterpretation of religiosity. We conclude that religiosity is multidimensional in nature and ultimately associated with inherent protection against diseases and overall better quality of life. However, a number of untouched aspects of religiosity need to be investigated further before we can introduce religiosity in its fully functional form to the realm of health care.
Department of Neurology, Keck School of Medicine, USC, Los Angeles, CA, USA. smishra@usc.edu.|Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA. smishra@usc.edu.|Department of Neurology, VA Greater Los Angeles HCS, Los Angeles, CA, USA. smishra@usc.edu.|Department of Neurology, Olive View UCLA Medical Center, Sylmar, CA, USA. smishra@usc.edu.
Shri K
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Mishra
Department of Neurology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Elizabeth
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Togneri
Department of Neurology, VA Greater Los Angeles HCS, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Byomesh
B
Tripathi
Department of Neurology, VA Greater Los Angeles HCS, Los Angeles, CA, USA.|Department of Neurology, Olive View UCLA Medical Center, Sylmar, CA, USA.
Bhavesh
B
Trikamji
D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy*; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D029181:Spirituality
Depression; Healthcare; Hypertension; Neurotheology; Religiosity; Spirituality