Religioznost v povezavi z duševnim zdravjem starejših oseb: pregled literature

Lilija Simonič; Tatjana  Ribič; Mateja Lorber

doi:10.14528/snr.2025.59.4.3230

Avtorji

Lilija Simonič
Tatjana Ribič SeneCura Dom starejših občanov Maribor d.o.o., Cesta Osvobodilne fronte 43, 2000 Maribor, Slovenija
Mateja Lorber Univerza v Mariboru, Fakulteta za zdravstvene vede, Žitna ulica 15, 2000 Maribor, Slovenija

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14528/snr.2025.59.4.3230

Ključne besede:

starejši odrasli, duhovnost, verovanje, psihološko blagostanje

Povzetek

Uvod: Populacija se iz leta v leto stara in sooča s posledicami staranja družbe. Mnogi starejši uporabljajo verske dejavnosti kot način spoprijemanja s stresom, ki jim lahko predstavljajo podporo ter vir smisla in upanja. Namen tega pregleda je bil ugotoviti, kakšna je povezava med religioznostjo na duševnim zdravjem starejših oseb.
Metode: Pregledana je bila znanstvena literatura v mednarodnih podatkovnih bazah MEDLINE, Wiley Online Library, Web of Science, ScienceDirect, SAGE. Potek izbora literature je bil narejen po smernicah PRISMA, pri vključenih raziskavah je bila ocenjena kakovost, ugotovitve pa so bile povzete opisno.
Rezultati: V končni pregled je bilo vključenih sedem raziskav. Oblikovane so bile tri glavne teme: (I) pozitiven vpliv religioznosti, (II) negativen vpliv religioznosti ter (III) verske dejavnosti kot intervencijska podpora. Religioznost in verske dejavnosti lahko delujejo zaščitno, če so povezane s podporo, zdravimi vedenji in občutkom varnosti, ali pa predstavljajo oviro, če temeljijo na strahu in odvračanju od strokovne pomoči.
Diskusija in zaključek: Nekatere verske dejavnosti (molitev, odpuščanje in druge intervencije) pomembno vplivajo in duševno zdravje. Te dejavnosti lahko starejšim osebam prinesejo razbremenitev, občutek miru, okrepijo socialno mrežo ter vitalnost. Verske dejavnosti lahko imajo podporno vlogo pri zdravljenju določenih duševnih težav, vendar je nujno, da posameznik sodeluje in se strinja z vključevanjem teh vidikov v načrt zdravstvene nege ter da izvajalci zdravstvene nege to upoštevajo v celostnem pristopu v okviru zdravstvene nege.

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