Open AccessReligion, Spirituality, and Risk of End-Stage Kidney Disease Among Adults of Low Socioeconomic Status in the Southeastern United States
Author(s) -
Devika Nair,
Kerri L. Cavanaugh,
Kenneth A. Wallston,
Olivia Mason,
William J. Blot,
T. Alp İkizler,
Loren Lipworth
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of health care for the poor and underserved
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.511
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1548-6869
pISSN - 1049-2089
DOI - 10.1353/hpu.2020.0129
Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , religiosity , medicine , psychosocial , demography , gerontology , hazard ratio , confidence interval , proportional hazards model , environmental health , psychology , population , psychiatry , social psychology , sociology
Religiosity, encompassing spirituality and religious practices, is associated with reduced disease incidence among individuals of low socioeconomic status and who self-identify as Black. We hypothesized that religiosity associates with reduced end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) risk among Black but not White adults of low socioeconomic status.