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religiosity, anxiety andamong israeli medical SMaya Kritchmann Lupo MD1,2 and ae! D" #trou$ MD1,3

1Department o% &$ychiatry, #ac'!er (acu!ty o% Medicine, )e! A*i* +ni*er$ity, amat A*i*, I$rae!

2#ha!*ata Menta! ea!th -enter, od a$haron, I$rae!

3.eer /aa'o* Menta! ea!th -enter, .eer /aa

Background: e!iio$ity ha$ been eamined a$ a


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Ke !OrDS: re!iio$ity, depre$$ion, aniety, medica!$tudent$


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3 more recent study from $ran [4] eplored the associa-

tion of religiosity with aniety and depression variables in

a sample of 2* fourth year medical students at the

niversity of #eheran. #he results of the study showed a

significant association of 'religious belief ( score and

'total religiosity( score with lower levels of aniety. #he

association between these variables and low levels of

depression reached a tendency to statistical significance.

#heir findings, claim the researchers, support the

hypothesis that religion can be a protective factor against

depression and aniety. #his is an important study since

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above was used for detection of depression in the sample of high

functioning students

Anxiety was measured using a ?ebrew version of the =ec%

3niety $nventory. 3 cutoff point of 15 and above was used fordetection of aniety in the sample of high functioning students

Religiosity was measured using a religiosity 8uestionnaire based on

a 8uestionnaire from a recent study that similarly eamined the

association of religiosity with depression and aniety among

medical students in $ran [4]. #he 8uestion- naire ;available on

re8uest< was translated into ?ebrew and adapted to a Aewish

population. #his self-report 8uestion- naire consists of 1* items and

evaluates " dimensions of religiosityB religious beliefs ;items

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#he sample included 15 sub9ects ;155 males and 5

females


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=ivariate associations between religiosity and aniety or

depression in the total sample were not significant ;rJ

5.5, PJ 5."M rJ 5.52, PJ 5.5, respectively


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among medical students, and family history of depression;+@

J 2., 4*I 0$ J 1.51).5< due to increased ris% for

sub9ects with depression in first-degree relatives. #he final

model of depression included the following predictorsB

group, gender, marital status, past depression, family

history of depression, and socioeconomic distress. #he

final model included the following significant variablesB

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religiosityO ;public activity related to religiosity


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dents from other faculties reported a significant higher rateof depression and aniety than did medical students. #hese

findings are consistent with findings of a study in the

S3 where medical students reported less distress,

depression and aniety compared with law students [2"],

but are inconsistent with a #ur%ish study that found a higher

rate of distress among sec- ond year medical students than

among commerce and physical education students [1"].

#hese differences in findings can be eplained by

differences in sample siGe, timing of 8uestion- naire

completion with regard to the academic year, and specific

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Corresponding author:Dr+ r+ StrousDirector, -hronic Inpatient +nit, .eer /aa'o* Menta!

ea!th -enter, &O .o 1, .eer /aa'o* H03;0, I$rae!

-hone: 57H28 72;20,ax: 57H28 72;229email: rae!$Jpo$t"tau"ac"i!

re&erences

1. Sloan @6, =agiella :, ande0ree% R, et al. Should

physicians prescribe religious activitiesT N Engl JMed2555M "&2 ;2*


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student depression.J Am Coll Health255*M *" ;*


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B Psychol Sci Soc Sci144M *" ;"

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