Relación entre la religión, actividades religiosas y la salud mental en habitantes adultos de la sierra del Perú

• Autor: Falcon Ladera, Erick Arturo
• Formato: tesis de grado
• Fecha de Publicación: 2021
• Institución: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
• Repositorio: UPCH-Institucional
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.upch.edu.pe:20.500.12866/8989
• Enlace del recurso: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/8989
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Religión; Psiquiatría; Salud Mental; http://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.02.24; http://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#6.03.00

Background: Religion could be related to human mental health because it´s included as a component of quality of life and intervenes in certain aspects of mental disorders. In 2016, the World Psychiatric Association suggests the necessity of more studies about religion in psychiatry, covering different areas with cultural and geographic backgrounds. Objective: To determine if there is a relationship with religion, religious activities, and mental health in adult inhabitants of Cerro de Pasco and Huánuco in Peru. Materials and methods: Observational and crossanalytical study using the database of previous epidemiological studies prepared by the Honorio Delgado - Hideyo Noguchi Institute of Mental Health in 2013, with a complex probabilistic sample of 2 965 adults. Instruments: ICD-10 Mini- International Neuropsychiatric Interview modified; Mental Health Questionnaire (includes aggregate questions about religiosity and suicide indicators); Mezzich's Quality of Life Index; Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale; Block Resilience Scale; Diener's Life Satisfaction Scale and a Sociodemographic data sheet. Result: Not professing any religion and not carrying out religious activities presented higher prevalence of mental disorders, lower averages of positive mental health variables, and higher prevalence of homicidal ideation. Conclusion: There is a relationship between religious beliefs, religious activities and some variables of positive mental health and negative mental health in inhabitants of Cerro de Pasco and Huánuco of Peru.