Abstract：
:Studies of religious groups that impose prudent lifestyles on their members show low mortality rates in these groups, but it is unclear whether their morbidity rates are also low. The authors studied the prevalence of self-reported morbidity and disability among Trappist and Benedictine monks in the Netherlands. A health interview survey was administered in seven monasteries; the response rate was 67% (n = 134). Rates of morbidity and disability among monks were compared with those among all Dutch males by calculation of standardized morbidity ratios, adjusting for age and (in the case of morbidity) education. Self-reported morbidity among monks was similar to that in the general population (e.g., for one or more chronic conditions: standardized morbidity ratio = 1.07, 95% confidence interval 0.89-1.26), but rates of disability related to activities of daily living were much higher (e.g., for any trouble sitting down and getting up from a chair: standardized morbidity ratio = 2.21, 95% confidence interval 1.44-3.32). The authors hypothesize that a prudent lifestyle may prolong life, but at the expense of a higher prevalence of disability.
journal_name
Am J Epidemioljournal_title
American journal of epidemiologyauthors
Mackenbach JP,Kunst AE,de Vrij JH,van Meel Ddoi
10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a116897subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1993-10-15 00:00:00pages
569-73issue
8eissn
0002-9262issn
1476-6256journal_volume
138pub_type
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