Association Between Religious Service Attendance and Lower Suicide Rates Among US Women.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Previous studies have linked suicide risk with religious participation, but the majority have used ecologic, cross-sectional, or case-control data.

Objective

To examine the longitudinal association between religious service attendance and suicide and the joint associations of suicide with service attendance and religious affiliation.

Design, setting, and participants

We evaluated associations between religious service attendance and suicide from 1996 through June 2010 in a large, long-term prospective cohort, the Nurses' Health Study, in an analysis that included 89 708 women. Religious service attendance was self-reported in 1992 and 1996. Data analysis was conducted from 1996 through 2010.

Main outcomes and measures

Cox proportional hazards regress

SUBMITTER: VanderWeele TJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7228478 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature