André
C. Caribe et alli
> Religiosity as a protective factor in suicidal behavior:
a case-control study
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Religiosity as a Protective Factor in Suicidal
Behavior - A Case-Control Study
André C. Caribe; Rafael Nunez; Diogo Montal; Larissa Ribeiro;
Stella Sarmento; Lucas C. Quarantini; and Ângela Miranda-Scippa
Abstract:
The impact of religiosity in suicidal behavior was evaluated in Brazil
through a case-control study in which 110 subjects who had attempted
suicide through the use of toxic substances were compared with 114 control
subjects with no history of suicide attempts. Religiosity was measured
in three aspects: organizational religious activities (ORAs), nonorganizational
religious activities (NORAs), and intrinsic religiosity (IR).
Multivariate logistic regression was used to evaluate the impact of
religiosity on suicide attempts, controlling for sociodemographic variables,
impulsivity, and mental illness.
Religiosity, in its three dimensions, was shown to be an important protective
factor against suicide attempts, even after controlling for relevant
risk factors associated with suicidal behavior: ORA: odds ratio (OR),
0.63 (95% confi- dence interval [CI], 0.45Y0.89); NORA: OR, 0.56 (95%
CI, 0.42Y0.75); and IR: OR, 0.59 (95% CI, 0.49Y0.70). These data have
important implications for understanding religiosity factors that might
protect against suicide.
