Spirituality and religiosity in patients with systemic arterial hypertension

Abstract Systemic arterial hypertension is a major risk factor for complications such as acute myocardial infarction, cerebrovascular accident, and chronic kidney disease, which results in an important public health problem in Brazil, generating high medical and socioeconomic costs due to such complications. Systemic arterial hypertension associated with aspects such as spirituality and religiosity has been the subject of several studies. Thus, a descriptive, exploratory, cross-sectional study was conducted in order to assess the spirituality and religiosity of 65 hypertensive patients of a Service Center for Chronic Diseases. The domains “forgiveness” and “self-assessment” received better scores, with an average of 1.42 and 1.46, respectively. Whereas the “organizational religiosity” domain resulted in a higher average among respondents (3.00). Spirituality and religiosity of hypertensive patients are important dimensions that must be considered in developing a holistic treatment plan.

摘要 系统性动脉高血压（Systemic arterial hypertension）是急性心肌梗死、脑血管意外及慢性肾脏病等并发症的主要危险因素，在巴西已成为严峻的公共卫生问题，此类并发症会带来高额的医疗与社会经济成本。针对与灵性（spirituality）及宗教信仰（religiosity）相关的系统性动脉高血压的研究已为数不少。因此，本研究采用描述性探索性横断面研究设计，旨在评估某慢性病服务中心65名高血压患者的灵性与宗教信仰水平。研究结果显示，「宽恕」与「自我评估」两个维度得分较高，平均分分别为1.42和1.46；而「组织性宗教信仰（organizational religiosity）」维度在受访者中的平均分最高，达3.00。高血压患者的灵性与宗教信仰维度，是制定整体性治疗方案时必须纳入考量的重要内容。