Religiousness and the Quality of Life of Adventists: Clinical Trial

INTERVENTION: Behavioural F04.096.144 Religious intervention: the group will be divided in experimental (Group 1‐ 90 members) and control group (Group 2 ‐ 90 members). The intervention will be through home visitation to the experimental group encouraging them to attend the church (at least once/week), praying 3 times per day and reading the Bible (at least 1 chapter per day). This intervention will take place for four months. The Group 2 will not receive any intervention. The questionaries of Religion Index Scale (Duke‐Durel) and Short‐Form SF36 Health Survey will be used on this research. CONDITION: F02.880.705 I01.800 K01.844 M01.060.116.100 Quality of life, religion, spirituality, elderly. ; I01.800 ; K01.844 ; M01.060.116.100 ; F02.880.705 PRIMARY OUTCOME: Those who have received at the beginning scores less than 50 on the SF 36 will have the intervention (experimental group) and this test will take place on the end of the study in order to have a comparisson with control group too. SECONDARY OUTCOME: From this result, the study group will check if the quality of life of the church members would increase from the influence of increased religiosity. INCLUSION CRITERIA: Being a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church, have 35 years or more. Membership in the church means to one who is christened and it regular member of the church records, which may or might not be frequenting weekly.