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Orr RD, Isaac G. Religious variables are infrequently reported in clinical research. Fam Med. 1992;24(8):602-6
Orr, R. D., & Isaac, G. (1992). Religious variables are infrequently reported in clinical research. Family medicine, 24(8), 602-6.
Orr, R D, and Isaac, G. "Religious variables are infrequently reported in clinical research." Family medicine vol. 24,8 (1992): 602-6.
Orr RD, Isaac G. Religious variables are infrequently reported in clinical research. Fam Med. 1992 Nov-Dec;24(8):602-6. PMID: 1426729.
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Fam Med. 1992 Nov-Dec;24(8):602-6.

Religious variables are infrequently reported in clinical research.

Family medicine

R D Orr, G Isaac

Affiliations

  1. Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, University of Chicago.

PMID: 1426729

Abstract

BACKGROUND: More than 200 published studies have found some relationship between an individual's religion and health, yet reference to religious variables rarely appears in published empirical studies.

METHODS: We performed a manual search of all articles reporting on human subjects in the 1989 issues of seven major medical journals to record and analyze religious and other demographic variables.

RESULTS: Only 12 of the 1,066 articles (1.1%) mentioned religion, and eight of these mentioned only denominational affiliation.

CONCLUSION: Most clinical investigators do not report on the religious variables of their subjects and thus may be missing important correlations.

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