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Spirituality may help adolescents cope with chronic illness
Date:1/8/2009

oping in adolescents with IBD, asthma and sickle cell disease, with plans for future investigations in additional chronically ill pediatric and adult populations.

Additionally, they are collaborating with outside investigators on a study exploring physicians' views on addressing patients' spiritual or religious needs in clinical settings.

"There are few studies looking at religious or spiritual coping in chronic illness, especially in this age group," Yi says. "We hope to further our studies to include other chronic illnesses and determine whether addressing patients' spirituality in clinical settings would have a valuable impact on mental and physical health outcomes in patients with chronic illness."


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Contact: Katie Pence
katie.pence@uc.edu
513-558-4561
University of Cincinnati
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