@article{ref1,
title="Religion, death of a loved one, and hypertension among older adults in Japan",
journal="Journals of gerontology. Series B: psychological sciences and social sciences",
year="2002",
author="Krause, Neal and Liang, Jersey and Shaw, Benjamin A. and Sugisawa, Hidehiro and Kim, Hye-Kyung and Sugihara, Yoko",
volume="57",
number="2",
pages="S96-S107",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To see whether three dimensions of religion (private religious practices, religious coping, and belief in the afterlife) buffer the effect of the death of a significant other on change in self-reported hypertension over time. METHODS: Interviews were conducted with a nationally representative sample of people aged 60 and older in Japan at two points in time, 1996 and 1999. Complete data were available on 1,723 older Japanese. Respondents were asked a series of questions about their religious beliefs and practices, whether a family member or close friend had died in the past year, and whether they had hypertension. RESULTS: The data suggest that older adults in Japan who experienced the death of a loved one but who believed in a good afterlife were less likely to report they had hypertension at the follow-up interview than elderly people in Japan who lost a close other but did not believe in a good afterlife. DISCUSSION: The results suggest how one overlooked dimension of religion (i.e., religious beliefs) may bolster the health of older people in the face of adversity.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1079-5014",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}