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. 2023 Apr;62(2):1251-1268.
doi: 10.1007/s10943-022-01527-3. Epub 2022 Feb 28.

The Role of Religiosity and Spirituality in Helping Polish Subjects Adapt to Their Tinnitus

M Fludra  1 , E Gos  2 , J Kobosko  3 , K Karendys-Łuszcz  4 , H Skarżyński  5
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The Role of Religiosity and Spirituality in Helping Polish Subjects Adapt to Their Tinnitus

M Fludra et al. J Relig Health. 2023 Apr.

Abstract

This study aims to assess whether religiosity and spirituality might be significant internal resources that help people with tinnitus to adapt to their condition. The study group comprised 256 Polish patients with tinnitus (123 women and 133 men) who answered the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory and Tinnitus Functional Index (both of which measure tinnitus annoyance) and the Self-Description Questionnaire (which measures: religious attitudes, ethical sensitivity, and harmony). Significant positive correlations between religious attitudes and tinnitus annoyance were found in subjects with tinnitus. The higher the religiosity, the higher tinnitus the annoyance, at least in the two TFI questionnaire dimensions: sense of control and quality of life (although these correlations were statistically significant only for men). Religiosity was found to be a positive predictor of tinnitus annoyance. Also, ethical sensitivity positively predicted tinnitus annoyance, whereas harmony was a negative predictor. We suggest that psychologists and audiologists should, in their diagnostic and therapeutic work with patients with tinnitus, pay attention to the religious and spiritual aspects of their patients' lives.

Keywords: Personal resources; Religiosity; Spirituality; Tinnitus.

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