TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Living on a prayer: religious affiliation and trauma outcomes
JO  - American surgeon
A1  - Khoury, Amal
A1  - Oyetunji, Tolulope A.
A1  - Bolorunduro, Oluwaseyi B.
A1  - Harbour, Leia
A1  - Cornwell, Edward E.
A1  - Siram, Suryanarayana M.
A1  - Mellman, Thomas
A1  - Greene, Wendy R.
SP  - 66
EP  - 68
VL  - 78
IS  - 1
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0003-1348
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -