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The Gerontologist, Vol 30, Issue 2 249-253, Copyright © 1990 by The Gerontological Society of America
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LB Bearon and HG Koenig
Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, VA Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705.
Forty adults aged 65-74 were asked about God's role in health and illness and about their use of prayer in response to recent physical symptoms. Most held a belief in a benevolent God but were not clear about God's role in health and illness. Over half had prayed about at least one symptom the last time they had it. The least-educated respondents and the Baptists were most likely to pray. Symptoms discussed with a physician or for which drugs were taken were more likely than others to be prayed over, suggesting that prayer may be used for symptoms seen as serious and that prayer and medical help- seeking are not mutually exclusive.
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