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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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Autores principales: 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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Publicado: SAGE Publications 2021
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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).
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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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