Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings
2019

Religiousness and Symptoms of Depression in Native and Immigrant Chronic Dialysis Patients in the Netherlands (Article)

Haverkamp G.L.G.* , Braam A.W. , Loosman W.L. , van den Beukel T.O. , van Diepen M. , Dekker F.W. , Siegert C.E.H. , Honig A.
  • a Department of Nephrology, OLVG West, Jan Tooropstraat 164, Amsterdam, 1061 AE, Netherlands, Department of Psychiatry, OLVG West, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • b Department of Globalization and Dialogue Studies, University of Humanistic Studies, Utrecht, Netherlands
  • c Department of Nephrology, OLVG West, Jan Tooropstraat 164, Amsterdam, 1061 AE, Netherlands, Department of Psychiatry, OLVG West, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • d Department of Internal Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Centres, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • e Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands
  • f Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands
  • g Department of Nephrology, OLVG West, Jan Tooropstraat 164, Amsterdam, 1061 AE, Netherlands
  • h Department of Psychiatry, OLVG West, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam University Medical Centres, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Abstract

For immigrant chronic dialysis patients, religious behavior and religious coping may have a different impact on depressive symptoms compared to native patients. This study aims to describe both cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between religious behavior and coping with symptoms of depression for 281 native and 277 immigrant dialysis patients in the Netherlands. A higher prevalence of depressive symptoms was found in immigrant compared to native patients (49% vs. 36%). No significant cross-sectional or longitudinal associations were found in both groups between religious behavior and positive religious coping with depressive symptoms. Strong significant cross-sectional associations were found between negative religious coping items and depressive symptoms in both groups, while no longitudinal associations were found. So, similar impact of religiousness on the presence of depressive symptoms was found for both native and immigrant dialysis patients. Therefore, these results do not explain the higher prevalence of depressive symptoms found in immigrant chronic dialysis patients compared to native patients. © 2019, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.

Author Keywords

Religious coping Immigrant chronic dialysis patients Native chronic dialysis patients Religious behavior Depressive symptoms

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85065776626&doi=10.1007%2fs10880-019-09625-3&partnerID=40&md5=057bbe693766f2ad817d5a8768d5f206
DOI: 10.1007/s10880-019-09625-3
ISSN: 10689583
Original Language: English