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Church Attendance and Mobility Limitation Among Black and White Men With Prostate Cancer
Prostate cancer is a significant impediment that can reduce physical functional status. Mobility is fundamental for quality of life and church attendance to be associated with improved physical functioning. Few studies have examined how religious participation have implications for mobility limitati...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7883168/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33576283 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1557988321993560 |
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author | Bruce, Marino A. Bowie, Janice V. Beech, Bettina M. Norris, Keith C. LaVeist, Thomas A. Howard, Daniel L. Thorpe, Roland J. |
author_facet | Bruce, Marino A. Bowie, Janice V. Beech, Bettina M. Norris, Keith C. LaVeist, Thomas A. Howard, Daniel L. Thorpe, Roland J. |
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description | Prostate cancer is a significant impediment that can reduce physical functional status. Mobility is fundamental for quality of life and church attendance to be associated with improved physical functioning. Few studies have examined how religious participation have implications for mobility limitation among men in general and among prostate cancer survivors in particular. The purpose of this study was to assess the association between church attendance and mobility limitation among Black and White prostate cancer patients and survivors. Data for this investigation were drawn from the Diagnosis and Decisions in Prostate Cancer Treatment Outcomes Study that consisted of 804 Black and White men with complete information on the primary outcome and predictor variables. Mobility limitation was the primary outcome variable, and church attendance was the main independent variable. The analytic sample was almost equally divided between Black (N = 382) and White men (N = 422). The proportion of Black men reporting mobility limitation (30.09%) more than doubled the corresponding percentage for White men (14.7%). Black men had a higher proportion of individuals who reported weekly church attendance (49.2% vs. 45.0%). Fully adjusted modified Poisson regression models produced results indicating that respondents attending church weekly had a lower mobility limitation prevalence (PR = 0.56, 95% CI [0.39, 0.81]) than those never attending church. Results from this study contribute to the body of evidence asserting the health benefits of church attendance. These findings suggest that health providers should consider how religion and spirituality can present opportunities for improved outcomes in prostate cancer patients and survivors. |
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spelling | pubmed-78831682021-02-23 Church Attendance and Mobility Limitation Among Black and White Men With Prostate Cancer Bruce, Marino A. Bowie, Janice V. Beech, Bettina M. Norris, Keith C. LaVeist, Thomas A. Howard, Daniel L. Thorpe, Roland J. Am J Mens Health Racial and Ethnic Diversity and Disparity Issues Prostate cancer is a significant impediment that can reduce physical functional status. Mobility is fundamental for quality of life and church attendance to be associated with improved physical functioning. Few studies have examined how religious participation have implications for mobility limitation among men in general and among prostate cancer survivors in particular. The purpose of this study was to assess the association between church attendance and mobility limitation among Black and White prostate cancer patients and survivors. Data for this investigation were drawn from the Diagnosis and Decisions in Prostate Cancer Treatment Outcomes Study that consisted of 804 Black and White men with complete information on the primary outcome and predictor variables. Mobility limitation was the primary outcome variable, and church attendance was the main independent variable. The analytic sample was almost equally divided between Black (N = 382) and White men (N = 422). The proportion of Black men reporting mobility limitation (30.09%) more than doubled the corresponding percentage for White men (14.7%). Black men had a higher proportion of individuals who reported weekly church attendance (49.2% vs. 45.0%). Fully adjusted modified Poisson regression models produced results indicating that respondents attending church weekly had a lower mobility limitation prevalence (PR = 0.56, 95% CI [0.39, 0.81]) than those never attending church. Results from this study contribute to the body of evidence asserting the health benefits of church attendance. These findings suggest that health providers should consider how religion and spirituality can present opportunities for improved outcomes in prostate cancer patients and survivors. SAGE Publications 2021-02-12 /pmc/articles/PMC7883168/ /pubmed/33576283 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1557988321993560 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Racial and Ethnic Diversity and Disparity Issues Bruce, Marino A. Bowie, Janice V. Beech, Bettina M. Norris, Keith C. LaVeist, Thomas A. Howard, Daniel L. Thorpe, Roland J. Church Attendance and Mobility Limitation Among Black and White Men With Prostate Cancer |
title | Church Attendance and Mobility Limitation Among Black and White Men With Prostate Cancer |
title_full | Church Attendance and Mobility Limitation Among Black and White Men With Prostate Cancer |
title_fullStr | Church Attendance and Mobility Limitation Among Black and White Men With Prostate Cancer |
title_full_unstemmed | Church Attendance and Mobility Limitation Among Black and White Men With Prostate Cancer |
title_short | Church Attendance and Mobility Limitation Among Black and White Men With Prostate Cancer |
title_sort | church attendance and mobility limitation among black and white men with prostate cancer |
topic | Racial and Ethnic Diversity and Disparity Issues |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7883168/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33576283 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1557988321993560 |
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