The efficacy of religious and spiritual interventions in nursing care to promote mental, physical and spiritual health: A systematic review and meta-analysis

The structural and social determinants of Alzheimer's disease related dementias

“…Although religious bias has not been formally studied in AD/ADRD research, it is a form of structural bias that hinders access to S/SDOH, imposes violence on minoritized religious groups, and restricts power to such groups majoritized groups 58 . Further, religious bias embedded in the implicit biases of healthcare providers, government officials, and other authority figures heightens religious discrimination, which is commonly associated with poor mental health, maladaptive coping behaviors, and health care‐seeking behaviors 59 . Therefore, religious bias may play a role in the development of AD/ADRD and the health care of persons with AD/ADRD.…”

“…58 Further, religious bias embedded in the implicit biases of healthcare providers, government officials, and other authority figures heightens religious discrimination, which is commonly associated with poor mental health, maladaptive coping behaviors, and health care-seeking behaviors. 59 Therefore, religious bias may play a role in the development of AD/ADRD and the health care of persons with AD/ADRD.…”

Acceptability of integrating traditional tuberculosis care with modern healthcare services in the Amhara Regional State of Northwest Ethiopia: A qualitative study

“…Bidirectional referral linkage between modern medicine and religious authorities was acceptable because religious leaders are respected in the community and are vital for resolving patients’ psychological, spiritual, and social problems. Studies showed that religious and spiritual practices and community involvement have positive effects on patient’s health and well-being ( Anshel and Smith, 2014 , de Diego-Cordero et al, 2022 ).…”

Influencing factors that improve mental conditions patients with complementary therapy at Nur Hidayah Hospital, Bantul, Yogyakarta

“…Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is a treatment that includes a variety of approaches ranging from a mental approach through religious aspects (Al-Qur'an, prayer), spiritual which shows positive results on the patient's mental health condition [2]. This complementary medicine has been used in many countries [3][4][5].…”

“…Previous studies examining the holistic nursing approach should include religion and spiritual interventions, since pain, negative experiences such as mental stress are frequently present in medical problems [6] and other studies use of CAM in Saudi older adults using multivariable Cox regression showed that the death hazard ratio in 2006 and 2015 showed no difference in mortality between groups of CAM users and nonusers [7]. Many previous studies have examined descriptively [2,4,7,8] while the analysis regarding the time to improve complementary therapy is still limited. Some of the factors that are suspected to be the affected improvement of mental health condition is gender.…”