Religion, race, and breast cancer survival

2025-01-22 Classification：Religion Click()
Author：Van Ness, PH; Kasl, SV; Jones, BA

Article Title：Religion, race, and breast cancer survival

Abstract：
Objective: The study investigated whether any of four measures of religiousness predicted longer survival for 145 African-American and 177 White women diagnosed with breast cancer in Connecticut between January 1987 and March 1989. Method: Multivariate Cox proportional hazards models included a religious predictor and sociodemographic, biomedical, treatment, behavioral, and medical care covariables. Results: The no denomination group had a hazard ratio (HR) of 4.39 (95% Confidence Interval (CI) = 1.42, 13.64). Other measures of religiousness did not yield statistically significant results but showed a consistent pattern of nonreligiousness being more strongly and negatively related to breast cancer survival in African Americans than in Whites. Conclusions: Exploratory models confirmed that lack of religiousness was associated in this sample with poor breast cancer survival among African American women.

Keywords: breast cancer; religion; race; women's health; African Americans

DOI: 10.2190/LRXP-6CCR-G728-MWYH

Source：INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY IN MEDICINE

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