@article{ref1,
title="Living on a prayer: religious affiliation and trauma outcomes",
journal="American surgeon",
year="2012",
author="Khoury, Amal and Oyetunji, Tolulope A. and Bolorunduro, Oluwaseyi B. and Harbour, Leia and Cornwell, Edward E. and Siram, Suryanarayana M. and Mellman, Thomas and Greene, Wendy R.",
volume="78",
number="1",
pages="66-68",
abstract="Research has shown that religious affiliation is associated with reduced all cause mortality. The aim of this study was to determine if religious affiliation predicts trauma-specific mortality and length of stay. Patients admitted to our urban Level I trauma center in 2008 were examined; the main study categorization was based on endorsement of a specific religious affiliation during a standard intake procedure. Bivariate and multivariate analysis was performed with in-hospital mortality and length of stay as the outcomes of interest, adjusting for demographic and injury severity characteristics. A total of 2303 patients were included in the study. Forty-six per cent endorsed a religious affiliation. Patients with a religious affiliation were more likely to be female, Hispanic, and older than those who reported no affiliation (P < 0.001). There was no difference in length of hospital stay. On bivariate analysis those without religious affiliation were more likely to die (P = 0.01), but this difference disappeared after adjusting for covariates. Although we could not identify a statistical association between religious affiliation and mortality on multivariate analysis, there was an association with injury severity suggesting religious patients were less severely injured.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0003-1348",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}